I support the ideas in the recent editorial (“Our View: Airport parking lot proposal drags us backward,” Dec. 12) to avoid building another Jetport parking lot. In particular, I encourage Jetport management to focus on ways to make use of existing parking spaces in the nearby Maine Mall area. That sea of parking spaces is […]

Referencing recent articles and opinions on the homeless, I think it is obvious that we need compassion, resources and understanding. Some people think that we need to treat them with so-called tough love and not mollycoddle them. I didn’t know that mollycoddling consisted of forcing people into rehab or imprisoning them. Or that mollycoddling them […]

Gun violence is an abomination. It’s appropriate that murderer Robert Card’s brain is being examined, but I find it dispiriting that politicians in Augusta are still not taking meaningful steps to create new gun laws after the mass slaughter of people in Lewiston. It appears to me that respectful moments of silence have transformed into […]

Two well-written books have provided me with context and information to help clarify the images I am getting now from the war in Gaza. One, written by the son of a prominent Israeli general, “The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” by Miko Peled, seemed quite informative because it revealed a young man […]

The Farmington Area Ecumenical Ministry endorses the position taken by the Maine Council of Churches following the recent mass shooting in Lewiston — thoughts and prayers are inadequate if not accompanied by efforts to prevent future violence. These efforts include advocating for sensible gun safety legislation like universal background checks, red flag laws and closing […]

As a result of the pathetic and morally bankrupt responses of the presidents of Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and MIT to the issue of whether chanting for Jewish genocide violates their respective codes of conduct, we now know the real meaning of DEI at these so-called institutions of higher learning: Division, Exclusion and Indoctrination. Robert […]

The top left news note, On This Date, from the Dec. 9 Sports page, stated, “In 2001, New Hampshire native Bode Miller becomes the first American since 1983 to win a World Cup giant slalom race.” I think you missed the word “man” after “American.” What about Maine’s own Julie Parisien, who won a World […]