Ken Blackwell has made anti-LGBT statements for years and has long endorsed a controversial mental health practice known as conversion therapy.
2016
Posted inNews, Politics
Trump demands apology for ‘Hamilton’ actor’s onstage speech to Pence
When the vice president-elect went to see the Broadway musical, one of the actors spoke about equality and diversity during the curtain call.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Racial issues likely to come up at Senate hearing for AG nominee
Jeff Sessions has a history of racially charged allegations that derailed his efforts to become a federal judge.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage’s opt-out from resettlement program won’t stop refugees from coming to Maine
A spokeswoman for Catholic Charities Maine stresses that for now the agency will continue providing services to refugees.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Garrison Keillor: Smoke has cleared, and battered Americans are still standing
Our president-elect will now spend his days mired in politics, while the rest of us get on with our lives.
Posted inMaine, News
Mayor Strimling criticizes plan to sell land to developer of Portland Co. project
Ethan Strimling says selling a 12,000-square-foot lot on the eastern waterfront for $400,000 is a bad deal for taxpayers.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: State’s quality of life comes with reasonable tax burden
Regarding Jeff D. Emerson’s indignant letter to the editor Nov. 11 lamenting the passage of Maine’s Question 2, I admit that I have difficulty empathizing with his financial plight. His letter did provoke a few thoughts: n Like the rest of us, Mr. Emerson earned his Social Security benefits by paying into the Social Security […]
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Letter to the editor: Electoral College supports theory of rigged system
Donald Trump is right: Our elections are rigged. Election Day arrives, and Hillary Clinton wins the popular vote, but Trump wins the Electoral College and the presidency. This is the fifth time such a discrepancy has happened in U.S. history. I challenge Mr. Trump to follow up on his statement that the system is rigged […]
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Letter to the editor: Need to protect our planet transcends political divide
One does not need a crystal ball to see that a Donald Trump administration will pillage and burn the environment for any and all financial gains. Thus, now more than ever, it is important, for people of any political stripe, to reduce, reuse, recycle and to be ready to hope to counterbalance and stem an […]
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Letter to the editor: Election exposed a tone-deaf party
Re: “Letter to the editor: Result proves Sanders should have borne standard” (Nov. 17): Where does letter writer Cynthia Callnan get off calling her fellow citizens a degrading name like “The Marching Morons”? That stance will not go a long way in healing our country. If someone disagrees with you, that does not mean the […]