One of the most quoted lines of poetry is, “No man is an island entire of itself,” written more than 500 years ago by the great English poet John Donne. These words still ring true today as we all watch the unnecessary horror unfolding in Ukraine. The United States government has had a difficult time […]

I was angered by Sen. Mitt Romney’s comments regarding former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s concerns about dangerous biological labs in Ukraine and their vulnerability in the war there. This situation is exactly what I and others have warned our legislators about for years. (Nuclear proliferation, microbial volatile organic compounds, and bacterial and viral research related to clumsy […]

Some ideas float like lead balloons, and others get traction only to get stuck in the muck of controversy. So, suggesting that Maine take some of its surplus and send it to Poland and Hungary to help them deal with the Ukrainian refugee crisis may seem nuts. But, why not? Very few of us have […]

There is a lot of negative propaganda going on in the United States and around the world by rich organizations that want to control us and divide us for the purpose of making more money and always an increased amount of power. There is a reason that labor unions are discouraged, and deceptive ways are […]

I’m an 82-year-old female, living in Auburn. There is a mural in City Hall that shows a circle of shoes all going forward. Auburn is going forward. If Paul LePage and Bruce Poliquin are elected again, that’s a step backward. Virginia Levasseur, Auburn

Maine people need to realize that the same Legislature that passed a bill to clean up the offensive motor vehicle license plates will be asking the Secretary of State’s Office of Motor Vehicles to clean up the mess it created initially. One has to remember that this is the same government bureaucracy that has allowed […]