Those signs we’ve been seeing, “’Yes’ on 1: Reject Big Pharma” exploit the common hostility toward pharmaceutical companies. None of the Democratic candidates have a good word to say about Big Pharma and some Republicans share this hostility. I don’t share this feeling. This is not because I’m a conservative first, Republican second. It’s because […]

To The Editor: Saving for retirement is one of the most important things you can do for your future. As a college student about to enter the workforce, it is hard for me to even think of what all retirement involves. There is one thing I know for certain, retirement is expensive. More expensive than […]

The end of January and beginning of February have brought a roaring avalanche of news. This little column doesn’t have the space or intellectual power to keep up with it all, so I’ve decided to steer around the big issues and touch on a variety of subjects that might otherwise be neglected. First, some news […]

To the Editor: Just a short note to let you know the Stop the CMP Corridor signature collection dive has been successful! Over 63,0000 valid signatures will be submitted. Thanks goes to the Forest Ecology Network (FEN) members who collected signatures – bravo! The next stage of the campaign is going to be hard fought. […]

Senators Collins contributed a couple thousand dollars to my 2008 campaign for Maine’s second congressional district seat. I assume the only reason the Democrats have not advertised this donation as evidence that Susan is a dangerous reactionary is the insignificance of my campaign. My 32% share of the vote gave Maine’s Democrats no nightmares, although […]

To the Editor: Jim Amero, formerly of Livermore Falls and Wilton, now living in Watertown, TN since 1996. I receive the Livermore Falls Advertiser for a few years now, keeping up with what’s going on in and around the area. I operated in Wilton – “Smiling Dog Antiques” – from 1990 until the fall of […]

To The Editor: Recently blue signs have been placed in the area indicating that a “yes” vote on referendum 1 is a vote against big pharma. The question is about vaccinating children, not a referendum on the pharmaceutical industry. There are a large number of children and adults who cannot receive preventative vaccinations because of […]

Last week a liberal pundit criticized President Trump for speaking at the annual Right to Life March. That’s a little odd since it implies that while people who oppose abortion are dividing America, while those who favor abortion unite us. Well, that’s not so much odd as it is plain silly. “Divisive” is used as […]

Here we are over half way through January and we can already see 2020 taking shape. Cynics may take heart. There are no disappointments in store for them. Some may have hoped that the Democratic presidential debates would go on and on until the audience completely disappeared, but they must know that this was really […]

To the Editor: It is a stark reality that on average, working households in Maine have just $2,500 in retirement account savings. As the current AARP Volunteer State President, a Portland Maine resident, and a former small business owner, I am very interested in changing this situation. Our great State of Maine has over 175,000 […]