Re: “Jared Golden makes both sides angry by trying to ‘split the baby’ on impeachment vote” (Dec. 18): It’s now official: Rep. Jared Golden is now half pregnant. He is young, so hopefully he will learn you can’t make everyone happy. If the voters on both sides of the issue forgive him, maybe he can […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Recycling program too tame for our times,” by Joe Hardy (Dec. 16): I will acknowledge that Mr. Hardy brings out some useful observations about the magnitude of the problem of waste reduction and disposal. Unfortunately, his political bias has to show its head when he says “once again … she […]

Harvard constitutional law professor Noah Feldman says that Donald Trump’s obstruction of the House impeachment investigation robs Congress of its job to impeach and puts Trump above the law. Feldman makes a strong case, but Donald Trump’s gauntlet thrown at the House Democrats, and, by association, Congress should make supporting Trump much harder for members […]

Well, according to the news, there is a shortage of Christmas trees this year. Really? Vendors use some excuse about the economy and planting, but have you ever noticed how many trees are still in their wrappers, never opened, the day after Christmas? Thousands of them statewide. And, why is that? Greed! No one wants […]

The real sham is the failure of the members of Congress to uphold the oath that says they “will support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” as well as the failure of the president to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” In all actions or activities, the president and […]

Your editorial (Our View, Dec. 17) states that President Trump should be impeached in order to protect democracy. Maybe he should be impeached, but the reason you select is only used to scare the reader. Our democracy has never been stronger. It is the institutions in our country that are failing. But with failure comes […]

Now that the House Democrats’ efforts to impeach the president have been watered down to a political sideshow, how Sen. Susan Collins will vote after the Senate trial is no longer a question. But other interesting questions now surface: Maine’s 2nd District in 2016 provided the single Electoral College vote received by Donald Trump in […]

Re: “Trump criticizes teenage activist Greta Thunberg after Time honor” (Dec. 12): Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg, an outspoken, passionate and intelligent critic of global warning, has been an inspiring young prophet of the tragedy of global warming, which will seriously affect her generation. But now, as in the tradition of the Old Testament prophets of old, […]