What we need now is a total ban on assault weapons. Period. They only belong in the hands of the military and law enforcement. These guns have nothing to do with our right to defend ourselves or hunt. We know the difference. Any politician who is against gun regulation laws really doesn’t care for our […]

It was moving to see the prayer vigil at the Basilica. Not only did we come together to help Lewiston and surrounding areas heal, it showed the brilliance of our founding fathers when they included religious freedom in our Constitution. I can’t believe what is going on in this world and in this country. Hamas attacked […]

I was a microbiology grad student. We lived in a large, busy Spartan Village in married student housing, fall 1973. Gravid wife, concerned like many of the wives about A long train obstructing transport to Sparrow Hospital, Railroad tracks next to Spartan Village, if she Goes into labor. She does deliver without incident. Three weeks […]

What pain is there when too much has been ground Into the heart as if a dagger speared Would cause to suffer wild screaming sounds ‘Til eyes are left to grieve alone in tears? What prayer verse could have been keeping guard Where people work and prosper next to each Among their kin and friends […]

Set tragedy aside and let this trouble be — The stout hearts and true souls of antiquity Are with us to this day if we care to look At more than just the sorrow in the worldly book. Atrocity is common, and kindness must be sought, Although it is much quieter and history is fraught; […]

Our hearts and prayers go out to families who lost a loved one in this tragedy, and also to those who have been hurt because of this tragedy. We also pray for anyone who has been affected by the anger of this one man. There have been thousands of lives affected, mentally, physically and emotionally […]

Like many of you, over two days, I watched the news in horror. My heart broke for the families of the victims. The mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, and siblings trying to come to terms with a reality ever-altered. This was a brutal, evil and senseless crime. My thoughts were also with the Card family. I, […]

I am sending love and prayers to everyone. We are all shocked mass shootings have arrived in Maine. While police were still searching for the shooter our local members of Congress had a press conference. Rep. Jared Golden rolled back his stance on assault weapons, while Sen. Collins did not. She noted, “What makes this […]

Late in October, at an intersection by my house and at another location down the road, several campaign signs for Carl Sheline had been knocked down. That some signs were thrown into the woods, and that nearby signs for other candidates were untouched, strongly suggest that this destructive behavior was not the result of inattentive […]

Judicial Watch describes itself as a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation that challenges what it believes to be illegal practices and unconstitutional regulations in all of the 50 United States. It is funded by voluntary donations. The foundation has regularly been reporting on the decision of the U.S. District Court of Maine which struck down Maine’s […]