Virtually all responsible scientists agree that climate change is a crisis, but not a crisis that will “come to a head” tomorrow. It is a crisis many years in the making. The world is not going to fry into a lifeless ball of steamy dirt in the next 10 years. But the Earth is slowly […]

A top priority for Lewiston Superintendent Jake Langlais and the Lewiston School Committee is the health and safety of all students and employees. When dealing with health and safety, experts in the field should be the guiding voices — not the loudest, the politically correct, or the emotional. With the recommendation of the superintendent the […]

Biden has pulled out of Afghanistan without getting everyone who helped us out, too. It’s just like the disgraceful way we pulled out of Vietnam. Since we promised them protection, we should have airlifted them and their families out. Congress continues to try to bankrupt us. Pennies go to real infrastructure. There was the pledge […]

The U.S. House should welcome the Senate’s passage of a budget resolution that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented young adults brought to the U.S. as children, also known as Dreamers. The House already passed a pathway to citizenship through the American Dream and Promise Act in March, so it should be a no-brainer […]

According to a recent Reuters poll, the U.S. ranks last out of 46 countries in media trust. In a country protected by the First Amendment, one would hope that an open and free media would be the envy of the world. For many years, the U.S. ranked high internationally in media trust. The New York […]

Where are our school leaders? During the ’50s and ’60s polio era, schools stepped up. During first decade of this century and the H1N1 influenza outbreak, schools stepped up. For the life of me, I cannot understand why our school leaders are not only stepping up, they are walking away. Shame on them. Masks should […]

Rewarding the unvaccinated with a $100 shot, a chance at a $1 million lottery, and let’s not forget free beer. What’s next? Free tattoos, ear rings, free rent if you get vaccinated as soon as possible? President Biden can’t be sleeping too well these days. His trillions of dollars in federal stimulus money aren’t enough […]

Everyone has a choice to listen to their own doctor and/or Dr. Anthony Fauci, or the misinformation put out by Tucker Carlson on Fox News, or Texas and Florida Republican governors leading the nation in COVID deaths and hospitalizations in their respective states. Thankfully the people of Maine have followed the masking and vaccination policies […]

Elliot Epstein’s column (“When are just rewards just to be expected?,” Aug. 1) cited another incident of GOP hypocrisy in regard to COVID-19. Maine Rep. Chris Johansen, R-Monticello, an anti masker and anti vaxxer, came down with COVID-19 and was hospitalized. Such hypocrisy is not limited to Johansen; Paul LePage opposed Medicaid expansion, which would […]

Here’s a response to two recent letters. On July 30, Clem Bechard voiced the tiresome complaint that the CDC keeps changing its mind about masking and vaccinations. Of course it does. The virus and its variants keep mutating. The CDC responds with updated guidance. That’s what scientists do. They study the data (facts, not opinions) […]