I have a question for all those Mainers, and all others across this country, who strongly believe that “it’s the person, not the gun” that causes the massive loss of human life in the many mass shootings that our country has experienced over the past two decades. How many lives would have been lost in […]

Why is the United States not using all of its privilege and power to promote efforts to stop the violence and loss of life in Gaza and Ukraine? To what end do we turn a blind eye to the death of thousands of innocent people – many children – killed in their homes or schools […]

So many balls dropped in the Lewiston tragedy; it’s easy to place blame, but unhelpful. Rep. Jared Golden set an example and a path forward. Reversing his previous stance with humility and courage, he now favors banning assault weapons, which are designed for war. Start there, then renew discussion/action instituting the red-flag alert system. Mental […]

It was never a question of if, but when, because that’s how an epidemic works. How long did we expect to remain immune from mass shootings? We hoped and prayed it wouldn’t touch us, but, try as we might to tamp it down, it was always lurking. Now, Maine has become a member in a […]

I am tired of letter after letter putting down gun owners. I grew up with guns in my house and we (my brother and I) knew never touch a gun. My father was a policeman for over 20 years and there was never a problem. We always knew where they were. I know a lot […]

It has a shamefully long time since all those sweet little children were massacred in Connecticut. At the time, I thought that maybe the unspeakable horror of this would result in people finally demanding more gun control. I was clearly too optimistic. Lewiston is just the latest of way too many tragedies. I’m not a […]

The Oct. 25 letter to the editor, “Stop heavy metal mining near Mount Katahdin,” was high in emotion and near devoid of facts. I have no connection with Wolfen Industries that desires to develop the mine, or any other mining company. I obtained a bachelor’s degree in geology and later a master’s in environmental engineering […]