I was born in 1954, before women were allowed to apply for mortgage loans or credit cards, and when gay men were banned from serving their country in the military and racial desegregation of public schools was a new law. “Jim Crow” laws fought civil rights for Black Americans, it was illegal for “queer” folk […]

I applaud the city of Portland for its efforts to host asylum seekers at the Expo, and the proposal for the state to fund the housing of the the same asylum seekers at Unity College. I also applaud Mainers’ compassion for the downtrodden, but they should beware of the mean-spirited GOP governor from Florida, who […]

This is in reference to the letter from Pete Geiger on June 27 titled, “All can chip in to keep Lewiston clean.” I have voluntarily participated in the City of Lewiston’s spring and fall cleanup for the past couple of years. I definitely agree with the writer that it doesn’t take long for the same […]

I read the articles regarding a plan to move Portland’s asylum Seekers to Unity, citing using Unity College’s dorms as a living area. I am very perplexed at the idea of moving these new Mainers to such a remote area when suitable housing accommodations can be found right at the Portland Campus, University of Southern […]

President Biden’s son, Hunter, is getting a “sweetheart deal” from the Department of Justice. Pleading guilty to two charges of tax evasion and possessing a firearm. Nothing to be ashamed about if your father is the president. The president’s remarks were something like: let’s focus on the more important matters. Let’s overtax the very successful […]

In rebuttal to Dorthea Seybold’s letter, Maine’s DEP needs to protect water resources (June 23), she is mistaken. No one has “blasted” a beaver dam, and there has been no meeting with the Department of Environmental Protection. Tripp Lake has been artificially high for several years and this is doing untold damage to the lake […]

Tucked away in a June 21 article about the Maine Legislature’s latest failure to pass on to voters a chance to ratify the ERA (“Equal Rights Amendment champion comes up short in final effort as Maine lawmaker”) was this telling sentence: “Many opponents focused on how the amendment could affect abortion, and others raised concerns […]

Auburn’s mayor, council, and city staff are working toward solutions that benefit the citizens of Auburn. Having lived here with my family for 20 years and volunteering in various areas over many of those years, it is encouraging to watch these leaders work with residents to get things done in a way that is positive […]

Hunter Biden and the two-tier justice system seem to be true. In 1974, Nelson Rockefeller owed the Internal Revenue Service $903,718 for taxes not paid in the previous five years. He paid $820,718, with no penalty, which is normal in settling undisputed cases. It is not normal for the former president to threaten to withhold […]

In a recent interview, blind Italian tenor Andre Bocelli made a statement about abortion. His mother had been advised by doctors to end her pregnancy because the child was going to be impaired. His mother refused. He stated: “the greatest gift my mother has ever given me was the gift of life.” Our legislators and […]