Well, U.S. Rep. Jared Golden just lost two votes from this household due to his position on not banning high-capacity guns. Enough is enough. This doesn’t mean that his opponent will get our votes either. He won’t. Sad to say, but when will this insanity stop if nothing is ever done? There. I had to […]

I am happy to support candidate Bettyann Sheats for Maine Senate. Bettyann has been an active member of our community for 30 years, including serving four years in the State House. She has a history of involvement in many programs that have benefited Maine residents, such as the Public Transit Advisory Council, St. Mary’s Food […]

In Lewiston in 2002, Mayor Larry Raymond was facing increasing financial problems within his city due to the unexpected influx of refugees. Raymond asked the Somalis to “reduce the stress on our limited finances” and stop moving to his city. Raymond was then branded as a racist.   In Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2011, Mayor […]

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio very recently expressed, publicly anyway, a general unawareness of why mass shootings continue to happen. Like most complicated matters, and this is clearly one, I think there are several contributing factors that may induce a male, often young, to become so anti-social that he kills fellow human beings. In brief, […]

Before we became so enamored with science we believed that miracles were unexplained events that God had a hand in. We used to worship at the altar of Christ, who gave us the 10 Commandments, a moral compass-code to live by. We now worship at the altar of science, whose moral code is corporate profit. […]

I am proud to support Kristen Cloutier for re-election to the Maine State House of Representatives. Kristen works tirelessly to represent her constituents. On numerous occasions, I have either asked for her help myself or have recommended to others that they contact her for assistance. Without exception she has replied promptly and constructively to such […]

Just when I think former President Trump has run out of self-admiring bilge, he opens his mouth again, spouting more. Back in April at a rally in Selma, North Carolina, the man who wrote the book on all-occasion mendacity boasted, “I’ve got to be the cleanest, I think I’m the most honest human being, perhaps, […]

I think it is a very bad time to bond $19 million, when the taxpayers are already at their limit. Another $1,364,000 for unnecessary vehicles is insane. Over $5 million for a fire station is ridiculous. And $850,000 for a fire truck to replace one that is not that old can wait a few more […]

A new crisis, which has been developing for some time, is China having acquired a lot of American farmlands, mainly in the Midwest. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, China today controls about 191,652 acres of U.S. farmlands. I do not think American businesses would be allowed to purchase such farmlands in China. The […]

Members of the GOP are running around with their hair on fire, blaming the high price of gas and oil, the war in Ukraine, the wild fires and the drought on the present administration. Really? The gas and oil companies are padding the pockets of their puppet politicians instead of putting their billion-dollar profits back […]