David Vail’s opinion piece of July 16 names climate change for what it is: a crisis. It is not an exaggeration to say that if Trump wins in November, it is game over in the fight against climate change. The Republican platform prioritizes profits for the fossil fuel industry over a habitable planet, and Big […]
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Letter: Cognitive issues aside, Biden’s policies are the threat to our democracy
Biden’s cognitive state is not the only important election issue. Allow me to posit that an equally important factor is Biden’s policies. Lying about running as a moderate, he took a sharp turn to the left once elected. Out-of-control spending led to the worst inflation in 40 years and a big jump in interest rates. […]
Letter: Trump the victim of unchecked gun violence
The assassination attempt on the former president underscores how no one is safe from gun violence and how insipid opposition is to reasonable controls.
Letter: Beware of empty political promises
Isn’t it ironic that the guy who boasted how he would make this country great is the one who seems to be intent in ushering in a shift in our long-treasured values, to be replaced with idolatry and greed? My fellow Mainers should open their eyes. We are about to lose the very essence of […]
Letter: Project 2025 presents slippery slope for democracy
I would urge anyone who is thinking about voting for Donald Trump in November to become familiar with the Project 2025 platform that is being developed by far right extremists. Some of the highlights of the project are abolishing the Department of Education, transforming the FBI into a political taskforce, and removing the independence of […]
Letter: Higher wages could solve ferry service crisis
Compensating workers fairly would improve reliability of the service and save money by avoiding the hire of temporary workers.
Letter: Democrats mired in presidential scrum – again
In the immortal words of that great 20th-century philosopher, Yogi Berra – “It’s deja vu all over again.” In the midst of the 2024 presidential campaign, the Democratic Party, in its grand tradition, appears bound and determined to (yet again) “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.” The party, in its scramble to remain relevant, […]
Letter: Biden should bow out and endorse Kamala Harris
It’s time for Joe to go. President Biden is stumbling, mentally, and he needs to do the courageous, honorable thing: step aside and let Kamala Harris be our next president. Biden is no longer instilling our confidence. And the imperative is to defeat an unhinged, depraved demagogue, who has turned Republicans into an extremist cult. […]
Letter: Trumpism, not Biden, is what’s getting old
Trumpism is what is too old. Way too old. Joe Biden has done an excellent job as president. His primary job in 2020 was to get Donald Trump out. It would have been nice if times had remained calm and he could have been a caretaker of the office while both major parties regrouped and […]
Letter: Media focusing on Biden’s age but not Trump’s lies
I have been a longtime subscriber to your paper and I am seriously considering dropping it. I am so sick of the coverage, or lack of, that you give President Biden. Do I see any articles about how good the economy is, how he is fighting for people like me (not millionaires)? I could go […]