A disheartening feature of the epidemic of mass shootings is how often we now hear people say, “it’s hopeless, there’s nothing we can do.” I feel that way about the U.S. Congress right now. Without term limits, we are stuck with a Congress made up of too many people who collect our tax dollars while […]

One of the little girls who survived the brutal killing of children in Texas last week said she did that by smearing herself with the blood of a still-living child next to her, who didn’t survive. Let’s let that sink in. Then in the light of PTSD let’s imagine that youngster’s future, that she and […]

I have a right to bear arms. Like other rights, it is not absolute. I do not have a right to own a battle tank, nor a flame thrower, nor bombs. I do not have a right to own a howitzer, nor a machine gun. These are weapons of war. I do have the right […]

If voters want a candidate who is more than qualified to represent the people of Maine, knows a great deal about state appropriations and financial matters, values children’s education and understands that our infrastructure is a valuable resource of not only the citizens of our state but a vital tool to attract out-of-state businesses, then […]

We thought after all the school shootings that laws would change, thinking it would close loopholes in mental health checks. Instead, we learned how morally bankrupt and void of humanity the National Rifle Association is. We’ve seen insanity for the past 20 years, such as hoaxes perpetuated by Alex Jones. It’s the world we live […]

We would ask our legislators, those from Maine and stewarding every state in the nation, to get off the National Rifle Association’s payroll if they are on it. Congressmen and women and the president of the United States are on the citizens’ payroll. Legislators, in stewardship of the people, with bipartisanship, regulate gun manufacturing and […]

When Ronald Reagan was president, there were gas lines all over the country and gas was going up and up. President Reagan threatened a windfall profit tax. And like magic, lines disappeared and the price of gas dropped. I wonder why Congress and President Biden can’t do the same. George Bussiere, Auburn

I was so pleased to hear Peggy Rotundo is running to represent Lewiston in the state Senate. She is wise, experienced and fair. No one has devoted more time, skill and effort supporting Lewiston’s residents than Peggy. I first met Peggy years ago in one of Lewiston’s elementary schools where she volunteered before her workday […]

Nine faculty were fired at the University of Maine at Farmington, and the UMaine system still has to pay Michael Laliberte, a man who didn’t work a day for his job, up to $615,000 (a $205,000 annual salary payment that can extend up to three years)? Where is the sense, the equity, the justice, in […]