Re: the Hon. David Sawicki’s Sept. 4 letter (“CMP transmission corridor can bring jobs to Maine”): The Honorable (he’s not a judge – he’s a former one-term state legislator) Mr. Sawicki says he has read “a lot of about the CMP corridor and am excited about its benefits.” Seems he has read the wrong stuff. […]

Regarding the Sept. 3 letter to the editor by the Rev. Dr. James Gertmenian (“Sen. Collins is sold another empty promise”): Surely he must understand, as a pastor, the sanctity of unborn life and that the unborn are human and not just an extra organ in the mother’s body. The Bible says that God sees […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Plan to fire unvaccinated workers clashes with MaineHealth’s values,” by Nancy Chaves (Aug. 27): A registered nurse of 30 years would rather quit her job than get vaccinated with a vaccine that has been tested on over a billion people, with no serious side effects, and is readily available and […]

A question to the anti-vaxxers: Whatever happened to “Love thy neighbor?” Surely this commandment is more important than your personal freedom to spread death. Linda Wright Sheehan Sebago

Which public health targets are next for state Reps. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred; Laurel Libby, R-Auburn; and Chris Johansen, R-Monticello? Decrying the mandates that health care professionals wash their hands between patients? Wear gloves? Sterilize surgical instruments? Wear masks during surgery? Be vaccinated for other communicable diseases like TB, measles, or polio? Have a license to […]

The Bloomberg Opinion editorial you published Aug. 21 (“Another View: Can the U.S. recover from the Afghanistan debacle?”) makes the point that the president should “recognize this misadventure as a failure.” Bloomberg is certainly right about that. However, the Bloomberg Opinion Editorial Board failed to draw the most important lesson from it: We have no […]

There are a couple of things to consider when thinking about electric cars as a means of saving our planet from climate change: First, will there be resistance similar to face masks and vaccinations? Secondly, and more importantly, where is the electric energy to come from to power these millions and millions of vehicles? Watching […]

What is happening in California, Oregon and much of the West could also happen and has happened in Maine. The infernos of 1903 and 1947 are part of history here. The possibility of the Maine woods going up in smoke is increased by the likelihood of a forest fire being initiated by utility lines – […]

Thank you to the members of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle club, who rode their motorcycles around the Scarborough Veterans Home recently for the July 24 Ride for the Homes event. I don’t know if the club members realize how great that was. My dad just moved there. When they rode by, his eyes welled up […]