On April 7, 2017, when the Republicans controlled Congress, a bill was submitted to end the filibuster. Thirty-three Democrats and 28 Republicans signed a letter in support of retaining the filibuster, since they wished to “preserve existing rules, practices and traditions as they pertain to the right of members to engage in extended debate on […]

Sen. Susan Collins supports gerrymandering, dark money in politics and intimidation of election officers by her opposition to the Freedom to Vote Act. She says states should make their own election laws. In Georgia, polling sites are sparse and voters have to stand in line for hours, and it’s illegal to give water to those […]

Reasons to wear a mask in Maine if you only care about yourself: • No one will know you have halitosis. • No one will see the food between your front teeth, or that you didn’t brush your teeth today, or yesterday, or ever. • No one will know if you have one front tooth, […]

Re: The video showing the York police dog attack during a traffic stop (“York releases video showing police dog attack that led to $325,000 settlement,” Jan. 13): If ever there were a video to show why dog trainers need to be licensed and regulated in Maine, that video makes the case. Is the dog still […]

I’m an old man, so you may not want to listen to me. In my days we stopped the Vietnam War. I was in my mid-20s when I marched against it. We won, not because of the elderly. We won because of the young, who realized that the future of our country resided with them […]

Is anyone else tired and disgusted of all the noise about the “Big Lie”? The ugly irony, the way I see it, is that the very people who are claiming that the 2020 election was stolen and claim that election irregularities occurred – these are, in fact, the very people who are lying and insisting […]

Folks, let’s face it, COVID’s not going anywhere. So if we have to live with it, let’s all do our part to stay as healthy and safe as we can. I would like to ask Hannaford to reinstate their one-way traffic flow in their grocery aisles. In the earlier days of COVID-19, I found this […]