John Turner wrote recently, “Losing 3,000 people in the World Trade Center and Pentagon, plus hundreds of others as the result of attacks in Nigeria, on the USS Cole, and military barracks in Saudi Arabia, should teach us we cannot trust despots like Hussein.”Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with any of those horrendous, criminal […]

All of our legislators have a right, as private citizens, to express opinions on war with Iraq. However I cannot believe the irresponsibility they have shown in using legislative time to debate and pass a resolution on national policy when this state is in a severe financial crisis.They have used this time to promote a […]

The Legislature has a duty to focus on the budget and the deficit, not on foreign affairs. The Maine House of Representatives passed a resolution on Feb. 11 opposing military intervention in Iraq. While all lawmakers are united in their hope that war can be avoided, many of us chose to oppose this resolution because […]

The Bush administration is turning its back on Maine. Two major institutions in Maine have recently fallen on hard times. Revenue is scarce and painful reductions will have to be made. However, a change in management has just occurred and the future seems a bit rosier. The two bodies in question, of course, are Great […]

Several sites delight in holding court on the European anti-America attitude. Here in the mainstream media, we are so good at cloaking the news in decorum that it’s often hard to figure out what people are really thinking. This problem isn’t a big one on the Internet, where enormous scorn has built up for the […]

When do we start to think about our career pursuits, and how seriously do we actually entertain the possibilities of realizing that goal? When should we start to seek out the details of all the intricacies that are entailed in pursuing that particular pathway? There are so many questions that have to be answered.Life is […]

Maine is legally entitled to draw a sample of DNA from any adult convicted of a host of violent crimes for permanent storage in a database under the Data Bank Act.Until two years ago, teens who were convicted and incarcerated for similar violent crimes also had to submit a DNA sample for the record, but […]

The recent letter, “”Just questions,”” had me puzzled until I reached the end and saw the author’s name (Feb. 5). I couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to bash Clayton Putnam. He is a selectman from LivermoreFalls who has brought honesty and openness to the board. His candor at meetings, coupled with his insight, has […]

Somewhere in this broad land, near a town called Woodinville, is a residential complex known as Brittany Park. Two years ago the manager sent an in-house bulletin to her tenants. It was a friendly message. She wanted to thank “those of you who continue to exemplify the infamous Brittany Park Hospitality.”Infamous hospitality?A follow-up bulletin appeared […]

Maine taxpayers pay two U.S. senators and two U.S. congressmen over $600,000 in salaries and untold dollars in staff and support costs to deliberate national security matters in Washington. Incredibly, Lewiston’s two Maine state senators, Rotundo and Douglass, recently joined a divisive, partisan Democrat effort in Augusta to pass a resolution urging the USA to […]