The election of our next president is coming up. We have to choose between a deranged, scowling madman or a well-educated, considerate woman who has our best interest at the forefront. How refreshing to listen to talk of the future from a smiling face. Women have always cared about the basic things in life — […]

I did not know Colleen Strickler, candidate for House District 104, when she entered the race. I have asked her questions, watched the candidates’ forum and feel compelled to vote for her on Nov 5. Colleen is a New Gloucester Select Board member, served as a library trustee and owned a small business. She is […]

If abortion is one of the reasons for God’s displeasure, who would vote for any politician who promotes the ending of a life that a higher power has created? I understand the cry of those who exclaim that a woman has a right to her own body, but that doesn’t mean that she has the […]

There is a political ad currently airing on Maine TV in which a group of men and women express their fears that a vote for Rep. Austin Theriault for U.S. Congress will be a vote against abortion — or as one of them put it, “a woman’s right to control her body.” However, the ad […]

Gun violence has now been designated as a public health emergency. When one adds up the numbers of self-inflicted and all other gun-related deaths, this more than qualifies as a public health emergency. Since violence in America knows no bounds, every one of us needs to think in terms of survival. The Second Amendment folks […]

Donald Trump knew he lost. In addition to being told this by dozens of his aides, advisors and White House lawyers, 62 separate state and federal judges, some of whom he had appointed himself, had also informed him that he was, in fact, a loser. And yet, on Jan. 6, 2021, he energized a mob […]