After reading the endless stream of letters criticizing Sen. Collins for stating her opinion on the NYC Trump trial, the latest letter suggests that she should stand up to Trump the bully, as Margaret Chase Smith stood up to Joe McCarthy. I believe that Sen. Collins’ opinion is not that far off from what a […]

The United States needs immigrants to support its economy and to sustain our way of life. As the baby boom generation heads into retirement, immigrants and their children were expected to offset a decline in the working-age population by adding about 18 million people of working age between 2015 and 2035. With a median age […]

What does “freedom” mean for Americans today? At our nation’s founding, it meant liberty from foreign political and economic control. The privileged men of that time sought to chart their own courses in life, industry and leadership. Much of the populace sat on the sidelines of liberty then – and for years to come. Decades […]

Former President Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts. His response is to blame the Biden administration, the DOJ, the NY DA, the judge, the jury … and claim they are all corrupt, while claiming he has never done anything wrong. President Biden’s son is on trial and the president has said he […]

I’m surprised that I have seen no coverage in your publication of a recent scheme affecting the pockets of thousands of Mainers, as well as residents of lesser states. Haven’t you noticed that, on supermarket shelves, eight-can seltzer packs have been replacing the traditional 12-can items, with no reduction in price? First they stealthily reduced […]

Eighty years ago, Allied forces sent the largest amphibious invasion in military history. Who would win this war against a genocidal maniac in Europe and a similar war machine in Japan bent on the subjugation, as evidenced by the Rape of Nanking, hung in the balance. This should have been a solemn occasion to honor […]

As the daughter of a WWII veteran, the wife of a Vietnam veteran, the four times great-granddaughter of a Revolutionary War minuteman (who also fought in the French and Indian Wars), and a great-niece of a soldier who was killed in the Civil War, I ask why you did not put any mention of the […]