Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to “drain the swamp” of the corruption of big money in Washington. However, based upon his Cabinet appointments, it’s clear his real intent is to bring in more alligators. Bob Schaible Buxton

It’s pretty sad that when my husband goes to Lewiston wearing his Donald Trump hat, he is taken aside and told he is taking a big risk wearing that hat in Lewiston. This happened twice. What is happening to our country when someone (in this case, an American Indian) professes his support of a preferred […]

Re: “Maine used to be a leader in caring for adults with intellectual handicaps. What went wrong?” (Dec. 4): I commend you for advocating for greater Department of Health and Human Services Section 21 and Section 29 funding. State budgets have been tight, and the programs supported by your article are absolutely deserving. However, this […]

Re: “Maine used to be a leader in caring for adults with intellectual handicaps. What went wrong?” (Dec. 4): Thank you, Joe Lawlor, for coverage of Maine’s long history of treatment for our adults with intellectual disabilities/challenges. I feel Maine is wrong in leaving 1,200 vulnerable people on a waiting list for community services. A […]

Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s Nov. 27 column, “Trump win traumatizes Portland progressives,” takes malignant pleasure in bashing progressives and characterizes the media’s treatment of rural Americans as “grotesque.” He proclaims the dominance of conservative principles in the areas of human sexuality in a “Judeo-Christian worldview.” He maliciously, and incorrectly, characterizes progressives as people who despise rural […]

Your editorial of Dec. 4, on ballot Questions 1, 2 and 4, demonstrates several biases that deserve to be challenged. • First of all, you assert that “passing laws by referendum when they haven’t been debated and amended means that there are rough spots that need to be smoothed over.” I would strongly argue that this […]