I have noticed that some restaurants and small business places have taken in our American flag (the Stars and Stripes) and replaced it with a rainbow flag (a symbol of the LBGTQ community). Now, it’s their business what they choose to fly for flags, but if they prefer the rainbow symbol over the American symbol, […]

A letter writer recently offered reasons to support Troy Jackson, a good candidate for Maine’s governor. The writer questioned Nirav Shah, suggesting he might use Maine’s governor as a stepping stone position, and questioned his capacity to lead (“A word of caution about Nirav Shah’s gubernatorial run,” Feb. 3).  The writer said Shah had no […]

The federal attempt to take over state control of elections is dangerous. We must oppose any federal effort to collect or centralize voter roll data or control state polls. These are bare-fisted attempts to manipulate elections. We must defend the right of states to run state and federal elections. The president’s continued fixation on his […]

Every time a climate disaster hits, we see the same story: Families lose homes, roads are washed out, crops are destroyed, insurance rates spike and taxpayers foot the bill — all while oil and gas companies rake in profits. That is not right. It doesn’t have to be this way. Climate superfund legislation — already […]

Sen. Susan Collins must think we Mainers are as gullible as she is. Remember, Collins assured us that Brett Kavanaugh would not vote to overturn Roe v. Wade (he did), that RFK Jr. would not seek to restrict access to vaccines (he did) and that Donald Trump previously learned his lesson (he didn’t). Now, she expects us to […]

  As unpredictable as Rep. Jared Golden was in his current term, I sincerely feel that my 1967 Lewiston High classmate, Paul LePage, would be worse. Paul, in refusing to back Medicaid expansion, has blocked thousands of Mainers from receiving life-saving health care. What do Republicans have against citizens receiving decent health care? Bob MennealyAuburn