Enough is enough. When are these shootings going to end? I am embarrassed to live in this country. More shootings every day. Unfortunately, the NRA controls the Republicans. Stop the madness. Jeff Gahm Alfred

I would ask the following question to anyone who opposes the current state-level proposals to add background checks for private sales and institute a 72-hour waiting period on firearm purchases: Do you believe police officers, whose job is to protect our community by responding to dangerous situations, should have to risk their lives because they […]

The recent ruling from U.S. district Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, that the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved the abortion pill mifepristone, sets troubling precedents. First, why does Judge Kacsmaryk feel that he has the medical expertise to overrule the decision made by the scientists and doctors on the various boards that originally authorized the drug’s […]

I have recently received three glossy mailers from Maine Affordable Energy urging me to “Vote NO on Pine Tree Power on Nov. 7.” An easy search reveals what should be obvious: Maine Affordable Energy is financed by Avangrid, the for-profit parent company of Central Maine Power. Of course CMP wants to defeat the ballot initiative […]

I like Gov. Mills. I voted for Gov. Mills, and would again. Compared to the buffoon who sullied that office before her … well, there is no comparison. That’s why I find her foot-dragging regarding changes to the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act both confusing and disappointing. One of the arguments she (and Sen. […]

Kudos to Jerry Provencher for the courage to speak out against the prevailing mindset that the war in Ukraine was unprovoked, and by extension, the U.S. is somehow the hero in this proxy war to “defend democracy”(“Letter to the editor: Russian invasion was hardly ‘unprovoked,’” April 11). His review of the history behind this war […]