I have a little confession to make. I didn’t vote for President Trump in 2016. Yep, this conservative columnist who defends Trump didn’t even vote for the guy for whom he willingly and routinely goes out on a limb. (I didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton, either. I wrote in Mike Pence’s name, because, simply put, […]
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Letter: Reader responds to Balentine column with own myths
Mr. Balentine’s column last week got me thinking. Perhaps, in times of great duress, many people really do need spiritual guidance and find comfort in any sort of great overseeing power, whether mythical or not. The Greeks and the Romans were big on myths and look what happened to them. They both went broke. In the […]
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Here’s Something: Ageist ads not a good look for Gideon
Television viewers in 1984 were treated to one of the most memorable and brilliantly witty moments in presidential debate history. Responding to a question from Baltimore Sun correspondent Henry Trewhitt regarding whether he was too old and feeble to run the country at age 73, incumbent President Ronald Reagan answered: “I will not make age […]
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Letter: Disappointed Beem no longer with Forecaster
I was so saddened and disappointed to learn Edgar Allen Beem no longer appears in The Forecaster. The paper has been a wonderful source of local news and happenings since we moved to the Midcoast, just as a local weekly had been a similar source where we previously lived. The Forecaster was far superior because […]
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Letter: Balentine’s disdain is reader’s pet peeve
John Balentine is reliably contrary to anything that lends a hand to those in need. Like his fellow conservative trustafarians, he believes that Americans are basically lazy and disincentivized when they receive that $600 check. I suspect he has no children or close relatives whose lives have been rescued by that weekly check. He denigrates […]
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Letter: President Trump is ‘Monday Morning Evangelical’
I found John Balentine’s piece (“God should be a source of peace,” Sept. 24) right on the mark. It’s a shame that President Trump doesn’t read the American Journal. If he did, then maybe he’d understand that saying “God” all the time and making believe that he is a religious individual does not make him […]
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Here’s Something: Mind your P’s this election season
Hard to believe it’s October already. It’s getting colder, the leaves are turning and falling and there’s only one more month until the ugly political commercials are off the air, the slanted coverage of President Trump’s every action is gone and the political left’s four-year temper tantrum is mercifully over. One can only hope. We’ll […]
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Letter: Balentine has no knowledge of Trump’s ‘truth’
In Maine, there is an old adage which states “You can’t fix stupid.” In addition, an equally ancient proverb notes “You can bring a horse to water, but it may not drink.” These two sayings describe the context of Mr. Balentine’s recent column (“Pandemic pet peeves, part III,” Sept. 11) rather precisely. Over the years, […]
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Letter: President’s failures on COVID-19 have been monumental
John Balentine’s tortured logic and excuse-making for the Trump administration is breathtaking, never more than in his “Pandemic Peeves, part III” (Sept. 11). His vilification of Dr. Anthony Fauci is undeserved and almost laughable. Dr. Fauci is one of the world’s most respected infectious disease experts, having served the last six presidents in distinguished fashion […]
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Letter: Balentine’s mistrust misplaced in Fauci/Trump positions
In John Balentine’s most recent column (“Pandemic pet peeves, part III,” Sept. 9), his last peeve is with Dr. Anthony Fauci. He’s “peeved that many still trust him after he admitted he deliberately misinformed the public regarding the effectiveness of face masks.” “Early on Fauci told us masks would do little to contain the virus, […]