In response to the Sept. 9 op-ed regarding prostate cancer, “Prostate cancer numbers have increased. Are you vulnerable?,” I would like to mention that one of the many factors that should be considered is exposure to Agent Orange and other defoliants used during the Vietnam war. The Veterans Administration (VA) has determined that anyone who […]

Regarding the Sept. 4 report, “West Gardiner’s clerk broke Maine election law, and the state can’t do anything”— as a resident of West Gardiner for almost 20 years, I find this revelation disturbing. Were it not for the spectacular hubris of West Gardiner town councilors and staff, this egregious error wouldn’t have occurred. But why […]

Politics aside, I’m taking a more worldly view of President Donald Trump. Noticing that he is pictured rarely, if ever, smiling, I’m convinced that he has never experienced true joy. That, despite holding a very powerful position, he is a sad and lonely man — possibly, like many of us, frightened at times. His friends […]