In his column about electric vehicles (“It’s not easy being green,” July 6), Cal Thomas says “technology should precede ideology.” An ideology is a system of ideas and ideals, for example the set of beliefs that if we are to preserve a world hospitable for human life, we need to quickly stop warming the planet. […]

Maine needs about 20,000 more affordable housing units, and Mayor Jason Levesque has decided that Auburn is going to create 2,000 new units — in other words, take on the burden of supplying 10% of the state’s need, with no concern as to whether most people who live here would like that level of increased […]

Much in the news these days has to do with the rising cost of living. As I write this letter of endorsement for Farmington resident Stan Wheeler, I am reminded that at the top of his list of priorities is his goal of addressing that rising cost with common sense solutions. I wholeheartedly agree. Stan […]

I completely agree with the expressions in Pamela Larouche’s letter, published June 25, as well as Bruce Rioux’s letter, published June 30. Auburn’s city officials need to hear from their citizen taxpayers as to whether they, the citizens, are happy with the present direction the city is being led by Mayor Jason Levesque. It is […]

Those who attend any community event in Lewiston — a business opening, a beloved leader’s retirement, a celebration in the park, a championship game, a rally where residents are voicing issues that really matter to them, a public talk at the library — will see Rep. Kristen Cloutier in genuine conversation with, well, anyone. Kristen […]

I couldn’t sleep last Friday after watching the news. A 100-year-old New York State law had been struck down by our educated, or lack thereof, Supreme Court justices concerning concealed weapons. Now it will be legal for just about anyone to purchase a gun for concealed purposes. Evidently, the excuse is to protect yourself. From […]

When we abandon a sinking ship, women and children are always — and rightfully so — the first to evacuate. Women and children are being bombed from overhead by Vladimir Putin’s hatred of women and children. Genocide is at hand, as a grotesque exercise in raw power of Russian generals and their enablers going on […]

Eric Brakey cares about our freedoms — even when he’s not an elected official. After Eric Brakey left the Maine Senate four years ago, he continued fighting to protect our rights. When politicians in Augusta tried passing bills to confiscate firearms from Maine people with no notice or basic due process, Eric helped organize thousands […]

It seems a lot of people are continuing to give up local control of issues to the federal government. I don’t care if the issue is abortion, racism or LBGQT, the rabble rousers push for federal control of our lives. We were not set up to be a dictatorship but to be self-governing. We are not […]

What did the repeal of Roe v. Wade teach us? Nothing. It merely reaffirmed things that were already obvious. It reaffirmed that the Republican Party cares more about theoretical life inside the womb than it does about real life inside the classroom because, let’s be honest, there is far more money in protecting fetuses than […]