I have re-read Cynthia Dill’s column of July 24, in which she said that she expected boorish behavior by some Bernie Sanders supporters at the Democratic National Convention. A minority of Sanders supporters met her negative expectations by, for example, repeating anti-Hillary Clinton chants copied from the Republican National Convention and booing a Congressional Medal […]

Thank you, President Obama, for putting rural, northern Maine in the spotlight on a day no less auspicious than that of the 100th anniversary of America’s National Park Service. I know, like me, thousands of Mainers couldn’t be happier with this national recognition of Maine’s beautiful northern wilderness, important history and deserving communities. In poll […]

In response to Ronald Currier, who claims as fact in his Aug. 21 letter that never has he had a negative response to his Donald Trump bumper sticker: I would like to point out several things. The first is that we, those who don’t agree with them, don’t lower ourselves to bombast and insults. Secondly, […]

After watching segments of the Democratic National Convention, I am amazed at the gullibility of those in attendance. Case in point: Suppose I was chosen candidate and Michelle Obama said I was a role model for the nation’s children, despite my having publicly exhibited a serious lack of moral character, e.g.: • Lying – Told the […]

Much has been made lately about Gov. LePage’s supposition that 90 percent of drug dealers coming into our state are blacks and Hispanics from southern New England, New York and points south. Look, I think much of what the governor spouts is either science fiction or stuff that is ripe for Comedy Central. On this […]