In a recent interview, Jon Meacham stated: “the Enlightenment is on trial.” It’s a startling assertion. The Enlightenment was founded on observation and reason, the accumulation of scientific knowledge. But by virtue of his position, through his words and deeds, Donald Trump is likely the greatest threat to reason and science that the world has […]

Carl Szanton is right to want to see more bipartisanship in the U.S. Senate (“Maine Biden voters should also support Collins” Sep. 8). However, he fails to acknowledge, and perhaps understand, that so long as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell runs the Senate with his iron fist, there is no room for bipartisanship, much less any […]

In 2016, I had a student give a speech about Donald Trump. She wasn’t trying to get us to vote for him, but rather to persuade us to take him seriously based on his book, “The Art of the Deal.” Her point: everything he does, everything that seems so spontaneous and out-of-control, is carefully planned. […]

No one should have to choose between their education and health. As a young woman with heart problems and two autoimmune diseases, navigating high school was a challenge. Because I was frequently in the hospital, my grades began to drop. When my brick-and-mortar school said they couldn’t help me graduate on time, I knew I […]

This past month, I watched my beloved home state experience its largest outbreak of the coronavirus, which started with an August wedding and continued to secondary and tertiary events. This outbreak, thus far, has resulted in three preventable deaths, 147 new infections, and the disruption of thousands of families’ highly-anticipated back-to-school plans, including delays and […]

Greg Kesich’s “View from here” (“Tale of two sandwich shops” – Sept. 6) sums up the liberal bias of your paper. You say at the shop “across the street, they don’t care if I die.” I’m only surprised you didn’t call them deplorables for not requiring masks. In the more expensive, inefficient and confusing shop, you […]

I accepted, early in this administration, that the president has poor character, and although I have been very upset by many of his actions, I have not been shocked until now. When I think of the people I knew who died in the Vietnam War and the uncle I never got to meet because he […]

The congregation I pastor has worshiped together every Sunday since the pandemic began. We have prayed, sung, passed the peace, shared our burdens, listened to sermons and challenged ourselves to live as our faith requires. We have done all this without ever breaking state guidelines, for we have worshiped online. I miss worshiping in our […]

Four years – enough is enough! Trump’s behavior and self-serving attitude at the expense of our democracy must be stopped. We the people, for the soul of America, need to step up for the sake of generations to come. The alternative is the very real probability of creating a permanent anti-democratic, authoritarian society run by […]