The recent exposure of the corruption in Minnesota by immigrants from Somalia has shown how a feckless media, in league with corrupt politicians, can result in the bilking of billions of taxpayer dollars. In Maine, a similar situation exists. It is important to our country for the media to shed their political bias and exert […]

I don’t think we should so much be focusing on how evil Nicolás Maduro is/was as much as we should be looking at the precedent President Trump’s action in Venezuela sets.   Given the administration’s reasoning, what is now to stop China from invading Taiwan? Taiwan is a heck of a lot closer to China than […]

In 1776, taxation without representation was called tyranny. In 20th century Germany, the detention, incarceration and murder of Jews was called tyranny. In 21st century America, tyranny is the kidnapping of immigrants off the streets by armed unidentified masked agents and their incarceration in ICE prisons. This is done without the due process of law, […]

Robert Klose’s Jan. 2 op-ed, “I was there for one of the Navy’s finest hours. Today, I despair,” was welcome reading. Please continue to publish pieces showing that our armed forces have done, and will continue to do, wonderful humanitarian work, and not be tarred by the Hegseth brush. Chalmers HardenberghFreeport

Israel has found another way to murder Palestinian babies. So far they’ve shot, blown apart, burned and starved them. But with the onslaught of winter, they are now blocking aid organizations that are carrying blankets and warm clothing, and many infants have frozen to death. Altogether something like 40,000 infants have been deliberately killed by […]

As a Norwegian American, I felt compelled to write to the Nobel Peace Prize committee last year after President Trump begged for the prize because of all the wars he said he had ended. He didn’t know that the Norwegian public detests begging and boasting because of a principal called janteloven, which our ancestors unwittingly […]

I am writing in response to the recent letter to the editor regarding the irresponsible coverage by the Maine Trust for Local News of Graham Platner’s candidacy (“Paper’s love of Platner is irresponsible,” Jan. 1).  I agree with the author regarding the preferential publicity given to this senatorial candidate by the recent coverage, but am […]