In a July 2 letter, Zoe Gaston identifies precisely the crux of the abortion problem: defining when a human fetus becomes a person and thereby acquires moral standing and legal rights. We must decide how much we value a human being at various stages of fetal development. Yes, a human fetus is a living human […]

Thoughts and prayers and after-the-fact “help” won’t stop the spate of massacres committed with legal weapons of war. As the father of a son who died from a gunshot, I ask: What will it take to bring our nation to its senses? Ban semi-automatic assault weapons. They are not for hunting game. Steve Cartwright Tenants […]

Recently Sonny Barger, notorious Hell’s Angels founder, passed at 83. I write to reflect on Mr. Barger, not to praise him. Fifty years ago, the summer of ‘72, I landed my first job in advertising. McMullen Advertising was the “in-house” agency for AEE Choppers, manufacturers of custom motorcycle parts. This was three years after the […]

Do my fellow Mainers feel the crushing weight of living in a country that has given more rights to guns than women this past year? Have they watched in bewilderment as yet another multi-million dollar condo is built next door to them while they are struggling to find a one-bedroom apartment that doesn’t cost half […]

As a non-Christian, I am rather taken aback by the increasing prominence of Christian nationalism within our country. I always thought that Christian values included the Golden Rule, loving one’s neighbor as oneself, welcoming the stranger, etc. I find such values lacking in the screeds of these right-wingers. I cannot help wondering how the more […]

In response to Walter J. Eno’s letter to the editor (“Jan. 6  testimony should not be admissible” July 4): If he had seen the actual hearing he would know that the only reason the other side is not represented is that those people refused to appear because they don’t want the public to watch them […]

I respectfully disagree with the lady who claims Republican state Senate nominee Eric Brakey will stand up for Mainers’ rights as he did for the Maine Sportsmen’s Alliance’s purported right to carry a concealed weapon without permit or background check. Brakey is a professionally-trained actor who came to Maine in 2012 to direct the failed […]

I am a long-time Maine summer resident and taxpayer on an island in the middle of Penobscot Bay – can someone with better understanding please explain why, after all these years, the state of Maine has not developed high-speed ferry service with adequate capacity like so many island economies in the developed world? If the […]