It’s really a well-intentioned idea to require an application and background checks for those people wishing to carry a concealed weapon. However, in practicality, the process inhibits law-abiding citizens from having a gun on them when they might need it most. You never know when a threat might present itself in a school, work or […]

Maine is about to enter a more civilized era by offering terminally ill patients the right to ask like-minded physicians for a lethal dose of a medication that will spare them the agony of a slow, painful death. Anyone who has lived on our beautiful planet long enough has learned that there are really few […]

Your May 31 story on the need for more veterinary technicians in Maine raised some important points (“With Maine’s growing number of new farms, do we need more vet techs?”). The University of Maine at Augusta has by far the largest and longest-serving vet tech program in the state. Most of the students find positions […]

In a recent letter (“No real champ at Lewiston bout of 1965,” May 31), Harry White labeled Muhammad Ali an “unpatriotic coward” who was motivated by fear and greed when refusing induction during the Vietnam War. Apparently infuriated by Ali’s politics, the writer launched an ad hominem attack on his character, using exaggerated claims to […]

This is in response to a June 7 letter to the editor (“Ali deserves disease for avoiding draft? Appalling!”) written about an earlier letter criticizing the boxer Muhammad Ali for dodging the draft during the Vietnam era. The letter writer, John Manderino, compared Ali, for refusing to serve, to former President George W. Bush, “who […]