My dad passed away over 10 years ago, but that didn’t stop him from receiving an absentee ballot. This eye-opener led me to believe that automatic absentee ballot mailings are risky. I wholeheartedly support the voter ID initiative, which includes this needed reform. It’s central to our constitutional way of government that no household should […]

With reference to the July 11 article “Farmington LGBTQ+ leaders condemn RSU 73 policy targeting trans youth,” I pose a few questions: • How many parents of young girls, ages 12 to 13 and who are just entering puberty, think it is OK that these girls be forced to share their bathrooms with biological males? […]

The notion that requiring an ID to vote will disadvantage some or is prejudiced against others is outrageous. We need an ID to do just about anything today: purchase cigarettes and alcohol, book a flight, open an account at a bank or buy a car. This is nothing new and no questions or concerns have […]

It is clear as glass our adaptable democracy is one of humanity’s successes but, when broken, glass shatters into countess pieces. We are close to shattering our environment. If we do, democracy will fall close behind. Earth itself has a disease never before experienced by humans, global warming, due to our carbon burning addiction. As […]

I’m really disappointed in the recent change consolidating the sports and outdoors sections of your paper. Basically any outdoor coverage is gone. Please research how many hunting and fishing licenses are sold in Maine each year and the amount of revenue these sports produce for our economy. Yes, there are occasional articles about birding and […]

This is in response to the op-ed by Dr. Jeffrey Barkin in the July 20 edition (“Deny undocumented workers health care and Maine suffers“). First, I think the doctor is disguising self-interest with altruism. The doctor has an economic interest in the federal government covering illegal immigrants for health care services. This is not a […]