When I recently went online to find out how many Democrats vs. Republicans have had the COVID vaccine, a recent poll showed that 86% of Democrats and 45% of Republicans were vaccinated. Many reasons for this disparity have been given, but I do not want to waste my limited amount of space with a review […]

As a young climate activist, I’m deeply concerned about the fact that our political leaders are not doing enough to combat climate change. Case in point: the decision by Congress in 2017 to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. The Arctic Refuge is one of the last wild places […]

I write in response to Kevin Landry’s guest column (“Time to move on from a cancerous past,” July 11). I think Landry is correct to point out the biases and discrimination New England’s Franco Americans have faced. However, Landry makes the specious claim that if systemic racism exists “then not only are institutions racist, but […]

A committee has been formed to study bringing a train to the Lewiston area. Perhaps before getting too far into this venture, the committee should pause and read the children’s story, “The Little Engine That Could.” In the story the engine is finally able to climb up the mountain and go over its top. Miracle?  […]

I’ve read and re-read Cal Thomas’s July 11 column. It seems Thomas has swallowed a specious and a spurious fantasy: America was founded as a Christian nation, and thus manifested American exceptionalism. I’m a Christian believer and a minister, who found Thomas’s anemic, westernized, weak-kneed pity party for Christianity an affront, which required a rebuttal. […]

The honorable mayor of Lewiston gave a heart-wrenching plea for Central Maine Power’s corridor in a speech seemingly orchestrated by CMP itself. I empathize with Lewiston’s fiscal woes and understand that CMP’s substation generates helpful financial relief to taxpayers and supports necessary municipal services. However, the speech’s touted climate benefits, much resembling CMP’s false advertising for […]

I wondered why one of our major political parties, the GOP, went crazy and decided to worship Donald Trump. So I decided to see if there was an answer to my questions online. National Public Radio featured a study titled: “Activating Animus: The Uniquely Social Roots of Trump Support.” Professor Lilliana Mason said the study was […]

The conclusion of Kevin Landry’s guest column (“Time to move on from a cancerous past,” July 11) misses the point. Yes, our ancestors suffered many indignities and prejudices when we emigrated from Quebec to make a better life for ourselves. (David Vermette, who Landry quotes, also likens our experience to that of today’s Somali immigrants.) […]

What, exactly, does a thug look like? In the July 14 article reporting that an internal State Police review found no racial profiling by Trooper John Darcy, this is the unanswered question. Police authorities were right to be concerned that Trooper Darcy made this statement. What exactly, I’d like to know, made him think that […]