Charles Armstrong’s Oct. 1 letter, about referendum Question 2, states that “firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens, and the leading cause of suicide death in Maine.” That’s like saying automobiles are the leading cause of deaths in car crashes. Firearms don’t shoot themselves any more than cars drive themselves. This […]
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Clarifying America’s relationship with war | Letter
Republicans are always the ones bailing us out of conflict? That’s a stretch.
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Why I’m flying a red flag from my house | Letter
I have two flags flying on my house: an American flag and a University of Connecticut Huskies flag. I am a huge UConn basketball fan, so this will be my time of year. That being said, I have taken down my beloved Huskies flag and put up a red flag. I know red is the […]
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Why I’m flying a red flag from my house | Letter
I have two flags flying on my house: an American flag and a University of Connecticut Huskies flag. I am a huge UCONN basketball fan, so this will be my time of year. That being said, I have taken down my beloved Huskies flag and put up a red flag. I know red is the […]
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Golf used to be a gentleman’s game | Letter
My parents were golfers — good golfers. My father told me golf was a “gentleman’s game”; a player did not throw his golf club, or wrap it around a tree, or insult a fellow golfer. He would have been in disbelief last week if he had been around to see the last round of the […]
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Surely Maine can raise tax on ‘Vacationland’ consumption | Letter
The Sept. 28 op-ed on how Maine’s property taxes are choking residents was timely (“Maine is choking its future. It’s time to loosen the grip.”). National political developments suggest that the move to pass more responsibilities onto the states, while not equitably passing on the funding for these responsibilities, will only make local problems worse. […]
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Dubious outreach by the Catholic Church | Letter
Though no longer Catholic or a believer of any stripe, I want to comment on the meeting in September between Pope Leo XIV and Jesuit Father James Martin, founder of Outreach, a support group for LGBTQ+ Catholics. The pope, in short, encouraged him to continue his ministry to the group’s members. After reading reports on […]
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US must take responsibility for tragedy in Gaza | Letter
Even in the face of sinking one of our naval vessels, the USS Liberty, in 1967, we continue to send Israel billions of dollars every year. And we’ve not held it accountable for anything. How many people in Gaza and the surrounding area have to die by starvation and American bombs? The fault is ours. […]
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Maine senators’ silence has become deafening | Letter
Susan Collins and Angus King need to speak up on a whole host of issues.
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Come to the Colonial Theater and celebrate ‘the silents’ | Letter
I am thrilled to see the ongoing restorations of the Colonial Theater in Augusta and Johnson Hall in Gardiner. The work comes with the return of 1920s-era silent film screenings, a time when Augusta was a destination for that period’s most famous actresses and actors. My grandparents were married in the middle of that lively […]