I’m fascinated by the appointment of young Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head of the medical directorship of the country. Surely everyone should save a great deal of money on health care by finding and applying some: “Eye of newt, and toe of frog,Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,Lizard’s leg, […]

I believe that we need voter ID in our state. We need to show identification for any bank transaction, to obtain a driver’s license, for travel, and sometimes even to get an account at a local water district. Why wouldn’t we want to have identification as a normal part of voting — this most important […]

Republicans promised Americans that Donald Trump was the next best thing to sliced bread. Why does he seem to be more like limburger cheese gone bad? Where did he promise that he would operate the U.S. government as he did Trump Inc.? He is no longer the actor playing the kingpin on “The Apprentice,” theatrically […]

I’m the parent of a Lewiston High School student. Upon reading a newsletter dated Sept. 7, 2025, I came across a section announcing the “Black Student Union” was back. My initial feeling was shock; as I think about it more, I’m frustrated and, quite frankly, angry. In this day and age, how can any conscientious […]

Regarding the Sept. 4 report, “West Gardiner’s clerk broke Maine election law, and the state can’t do anything”— as a resident of West Gardiner for almost 20 years, I find this revelation disturbing. Were it not for the spectacular hubris of West Gardiner town councilors and staff, this egregious error wouldn’t have occurred. But why […]

Politics aside, I’m taking a more worldly view of President Donald Trump. Noticing that he is pictured rarely, if ever, smiling, I’m convinced that he has never experienced true joy. That, despite holding a very powerful position, he is a sad and lonely man — possibly, like many of us, frightened at times. His friends […]

In response to the Sept. 9 op-ed regarding prostate cancer, “Prostate cancer numbers have increased. Are you vulnerable?,” I would like to mention that one of the many factors that should be considered is exposure to Agent Orange and other defoliants used during the Vietnam war. The Veterans Administration (VA) has determined that anyone who […]

I am writing in astonishment about a Sept. 6 post on social media by President Trump, featuring a picture as if he were Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from the 1979 film “Apocalypse Now,” stating the following: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning … Chicago about to find out why it’s called the […]