Charlie Kirk would be rolling over in his grave if he saw the controversy created by his horrible death. He advocated for free speech, no matter how despicable it is, or whether we agreed with it — whatever one’s beliefs. The First Amendment is first because that is how much our Founding Fathers believed in […]

Please join us Maine voters and vote “Yes” on Question 2. As a Cape Elizabeth resident I am compelled to support this common-sense measure. Keep firearms out of the hands of those who might abuse them. With the Extreme Risk Protection Orders a family can go directly to a court should a loved one be […]

Executive orders are not laws; John Adams understood the importance of the difference. In a recent letter (“Those angry about ICE forget we are a government of laws,” Sept. 8), regarding the quote from John Adams, “We are a country of laws and not of men,” the writer failed to note that “laws” are created […]

Thank you for publishing Steve Collins’ column, “Charlie Kirk was wrong about Maine” (Sept. 16). Using Kirk’s statements from a Maine Civic Action event this summer in Old Orchard Beach, Collins shared the words and sentiments that earned Kirk’s Turning Point USA a position on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s national Hatewatch list.  It’s challenging […]

Unless we say Charlie Kirk was a national hero, we are not allowed to say anything. Unless we say that his assassin was a leftist, we are being muted. The Trump regime is censoring free speech by anyone who points out Kirk was a racist, a misogynist and spoke hatred. And, free speech is being […]

This is about Sen. Susan Collins’ weekly Tuesday reports to the citizens of Maine, reports that celebrate blueberries, fire station improvements, someone’s retirement from EMMC, a summer interns meeting, her own class reunion, a middle school fishing derby, etc. During normal times, these events could be considered noteworthy. Not so now, when our country’s democracy […]

As an adult, I’ve seen what happens when rhetoric hardens into organization and real-world violence. But let’s be clear — that is not what happened to Charlie Kirk. There is no link between what happened to Kirk and “antifa” or BLM or whatever the current administration has labeled as the enemy. The narrative being spun […]

Vladimir Putin must appreciate Benjamin Netanyahu. The Gaza war has given Russia three, hopefully unintended, gifts. Netanyahu’s initial response to attack proved a point. However, the present case calls for Israel to retract its gifts, and employ the olive branch. All violence, including victories, seed a multigenerational shadow of hate. It’s time to change course […]