The recent Associated Press interview “ExxonMobil CEO: Arctic exploration is worth the risk” (April 2) is outrageous. What “softball” questions! They are setups for oil industry talking points about the virtues of getting oil in the Arctic oceans. How is it possible to publish an interview on this subject without a word about climate disruption? […]

Sen. Angus King deserves thanks for his recent vote on a proposal that could put at risk many of Maine’s most cherished protected lands. He stood up to protect public lands that belong to all of us, such as Maine’s 10 national wildlife refuges, like the well-known and loved Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, and […]

Our leaders in the U.S. House and Senate and the Executive Branch of the federal government now accept lying as normal, acceptable behavior. During the last few years our politicians have lied so often any observer could fill a book with examples: “You can keep your doctor”; “What difference does it now make?”; “The border […]

In an April 6 letter to the editor (“Ted Cruz has capability to reclaim nation’s future”), James Pickett writes of his pleasure that Ted Cruz has decided to enter the presidential race. Mr. Pickett believes that “Mr. Cruz can get this country back on course by redefining our liberty, ensuring the equality of natural rights […]

I am writing in response to “Wildlife policies by ballot under fire” (April 6). Does Maine really want to become a state where some of its residents are free to get enough signatures to place initiatives on the ballot, but others are prohibited by the state constitution from doing so? Either we allow all Maine […]