Why should anyone care if an entertainer threatens to move out of the U.S. if Trump won the election? I would be happy to pack their bags and send them on their way. It is their choice and their opinion; big deal. These are mostly has-been entertainers who are no longer in the news or […]

President Biden and Democrats’ personal vendetta with former President Trump should have been put on the back burner. While America struggled to make ends meet, a very weak administration has put the world on fire. The voters have spoken, and Republicans must make the wise decision and bring America back to normalcy. Who knows if […]

On Nov. 18 the town of Greene held a special town meeting to act on an amendment to the town’s solar ordinance. The town meeting form of government is democracy at its purest. Residents gather to discuss and to act upon the affairs of the town; yes, tempers may flare, but the overall tone is […]

The informative, concise letter by Dave Griffiths, highlighting many of Donald Trump’s horrid comments over the years, was depressingly revealing (“So much for American exceptionalism,” Nov. 12). Any couple of them should severely question the “content of one’s character,” as Martin Luther King Jr. observed, and send him to the proverbial showers, not to the […]

I have just come from the Bates Mill Atrium and witnessed the portrait collection “Americans Who Tell the Truth” by Maine artist Robert Shetterly. He is showing 260 portraits of living and dead individuals who “tell the truth.” Each painting is accompanied by a quote which explains “his, or her” truth. There is also a […]

Cal Thomas inferred in a recent column that people would have been so much better off financially if they had put their money in the stock market some years ago, but George Bush suggested the same thing just before the collapse in 2007. The Republican Party hates Social Security and the fact it is so […]

In Canada, asylum seekers can ask for work permits when they submit their initial asylum claims — and if the claims are deemed eligible, after medical screenings, they can get work permits quickly. Unfortunately, asylum policy is radically different in the U.S. and here in Maine, despite efforts for years running on the part of […]

Now that President-elect Donald Trump is setting his table to dismantle America as we know it, could he please tell us who is going to replace the 283,000 undocumented immigrants who really work and contribute to our economy in the agricultural fields? Nobody, because it’s hard physical labor that we can’t get our own citizens […]

After reading about Patient Air Lift Services (“PALS SkyHope offers a lifeline for medical patients across Maine, especially in rural areas,” Oct. 13), it was clear that the contributions of Jim Platz were understated. No one in this state has done more for providing transportation to our medically challenged residents than Jim. He has dedicated […]

In her letter published Nov. 15, “Trump’s election reflects democracy at work,” Virginia Macdonald opined that anti-Donald Trump Bates students “have an inflated sense of uniqueness, an unwarranted sense of embellishment, (are) overly emotional, easily offended and unable to deal with opposing opinions … “ That description suits the president-elect to a T. It’s true, […]