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It was disgusting to hear former President Biden bragging about achieving a cease-fire agreement when he could have brought it about 15 months ago, the moment he stopped arming Israel in its wholesale slaughter of innocent Palestinians. Tens of thousands of people, mostly women and children, would still be alive. John Manderino Scarborough

I am writing to urge our Maine state legislators to prioritize legislation that will provide state-level funding for reproductive care in Maine. Like many women who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, I took for granted that access to family planning and abortion care would always be available to those in need in the […]

In response to President Trump’s inauguration speech on Jan. 20, I found it profoundly concerning that the new president seems intent on reversing our country’s progress toward lasting energy solutions amid an energy crisis. In his speech, President Trump pledged to end the electric vehicle mandate and increase crude oil drilling in the United States. […]

The Republican proposal to revoke a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases is a giant step backward for Maine. I’d like Rep. William “Billy Bob” Faulkingham, of Winter Harbor, to take walk in my shoes. I am the father of a son who walked into a Rockland sporting goods store, suffering from severe depression, bought […]

Within 24 hours after President Trump swore to defend the Constitution, he issued an executive order pardoning 1,500-plus deluded traitors, who had attempted to storm the Capitol, overthrow the government and overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. They broke into the building, attacked police, paraded the Confederate flag, defecated on the floor, threatened […]

As the parent of three students enrolled at Cape Elizabeth schools, I was disappointed to learn of the unethical actions of some Cape parents on behalf of their children (“Cape Elizabeth parents shared old tests, principal says,” Jan. 13). My primary disappointment is for the way these actions diminish and devalue the hard work that […]