The relentless hypocrisy and total lack of self-awareness in John Balentine’s Thanksgiving op-ed is enough to make me wonder if it’s real or parody (Here’s Something: “Rekindle Pilgrims’ pride this Thanksgiving,” Nov. 19). He fears a “tyrannical government” but opines the loss of the days when schoolchildren were made to pledge allegiance to the state […]

“Good morning, Martha. How are you?”“I’m fine, Eleanor. And you?”“Good. Martha, I have a strange question to ask you.”“OK?”“What is the definition of a whopper?”“Well, there are really two definitions. The first: ‘a thing that is extremely or unusually large.’ And the second: ‘a gross or blatant lie.’ Why are you asking?”“I read Balentine’s article […]

I believe John Balentine’s Here’s Something column on the Pilgrims and American pride is selectively narrow-minded and incomplete on so many levels (Here’s Something: “Rekindle Pilgrims’ pride this Thanksgiving,” Nov. 19). Don’t get me wrong. As a Libra, I have the luxury of accepting both sides of an argument at once. So, I’ll give it […]

I once again take issue with the lies by omission that are in abundant display in Mr. Balentine’s recent column about the Pilgrims (Here’s Something: “Rekindle Pilgrims’ pride this Thanksgiving,” Nov. 17). Critical race theory is not something being taught at Maine K-12 public schools, and Balentine admits this, as he must. But he raises […]