Yes, life is worth living, but less so without the morning paper laid out on a sheet of rustling newsprint, clutched at eye level. As the Bible says, somewhere, mine is a voice crying in the wilderness, but I feel sure there are others sharing this wilderness. From this lament, readers can guess my age […]

The situation on our southern border with Mexico right now is the result of a lack of smart immigration policy. It has been building since the beginning of the Cold War. Our government, with McCarthy-era fear of communism, took actions that involved interfering in elections, overthrowing elected leaders with military coups initiated and supported by […]

In his eagerness to “school” Maine Millennial columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal about the reality and dangers of “cancel culture,” letter writer John Voyer (April 11) claims that Smith College disinviting Christine Lagarde as commencement speaker “was a violation of freedom of speech.” This is itself a distortion of the reading of the First Amendment, which states […]

I looked at the front page of the Sunday paper on April 18 to see a Bangor Daily News photo illustration featuring images of three state police officers with their faces blacked out (“Inside the Maine State Police, officer misdeeds are kept secret”). When are we, and the media, going to stop using the color […]

No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, there is no denying the desperate need to repair our country’s long-neglected infrastructure. Sen. Susan Collins, in a recent interview, voiced her support: “We do need a robust infrastructure plan. I’ve been advocating that for years.” But Congress did little or nothing. Collins and other Republicans […]

The Good Idea Fairy has visited Augusta this year, leaving behind L.D. 1337. This proposed piece of legislation would punish owners of seasonal residential property in Maine with a tax of 0.5 percent of assessed value. While the intention nobly is for the proceeds to go to fund affordable housing for Mainers (and Maine does […]

Appealing to the independent spirit of Mainers, I write to support the proposed Pine Tree Power Co,, reported in your article of April 19. Maine’s response to the need to transition to renewable sources of energy set out in “Maine Won’t Wait,” the manifesto of the Maine Climate Council, offers a major opportunity for Mainers […]