Our Olympians are representing our country. I don’t care how good they are — athletes that insult our flag and national anthem should be banned from representing us. We spend millions on grants to colleges and the Olympic Committee that train them. Also, various businesses and charities support them. They are supposed to be a […]

Bob Neal’s June 26 column, “Dancing on the Head of a Pin,” left me more than a little bit annoyed. He claims to have learned his Sunday school lesson, “Thou shalt not kill,” but he still believes it is a civil right for women to kill their unborn children. He embraced ethical pluralism and its […]

The state Legislature recently passed the Maine Buy American and Build Maine Act, and now it’s up to Gov. Janet Mills to sign it. I spent years working in a paper mill and am a proud member of the United Steelworkers (USW) union, and current president of the Western Maine Labor Council. So I know […]

I live in Durham, a peaceful town, with the space to do what most here love: fishing, hunting and hiking, amongst many other adventurous, outdoor activities. The majority of Mainers unabashedly don’t want the CMP corridor. Yet two foreign companies have been working vigorously to silence us by financially and psychologically manipulating our elected officials. […]

According to recent reports, the Palestinian Authority has cancelled a deal where Israel would transfer nearly 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to be used by the PA to vaccinate Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. In exchange, Israel would get a similar number of vaccines originally meant to go to Palestinians, shipped […]

Sen. Susan Collins recently voted to avoid debate on the voting rights bill, stating it “would take away the rights of people in each of the 50 states to determine which election rules work best for their citizens.” Sen. Collins purposely ignores the history of voter suppression in this country: Poll taxes, bogus literacy tests, […]

My wife and I are retired, and we often sit out by Route 4 in East Auburn and watch the traffic in the evening with our golf cart. We see a lot of nice old cars, and a lot of folks we know who drive by and blow the horn. We are between Roy’s Golf […]

Cal Thomas validates two major points made by teachers of critical race theory and anti-racism (“Democrats need a day of atonement,” June 23). First, history is important. Thomas lists many historical events that have resulted in huge cumulative disparities in familial wealth and social capital between whites and people of color. The logical conclusion is […]

I read the two side-by-side articles June 16 of one person sentenced to six years for a marijuana violation, and another person with four felonies who was sentenced to five years. How can the courts justify sentencing (and keeping people in prison now) for growing, processing or selling a product now sold at dedicated retailers […]

I had been looking forward to writing letters to the editor about something — anything — other than Donald Trump. But thanks to the kowtowing Republican Party, he’s still with us. And his supporters continue falling in line with fact-free attacks on his successor. Take the case of letter writer Joan Villani (June 19), who […]