Matt Leonard recently warned against a government-run electrical company in Maine (“Government shouldn’t control electric utility,” Feb. 26). I agree. Right now, CMP and Versant are regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, a three-member board appointed by the governor. But we’ve got the chance right now to take control of our electricity. How? With the […]

Before people accept that the opportunistic politicians’ idea to suspend the Maine gasoline tax will save their bacon, they should do the math.If I drove my 2007 Subaru 10,000 miles a year, I would use 385 gallons. The 30-cent-per-gallon state tax on those gallons would be $115.50. That amounts to $2.22 savings per week. I’ll […]

Recently, Bruce Poliquin — the former member of Congress representing our second district — claimed U.S. Rep. Jared Golden “voted” a bill that would end U.S. consumption of Russian oil. Sounds important — except there was no such “vote.” The bill he references has not come to the House floor and has yet to be […]

Hats off to Elliott Epstein for calling out Paul LePage on the malarkey that he has been spreading about Gov. Janet Mills. This the same man who never received over 50% of the votes cast during his election runs for governor, and who three times failed to follow the mandates of referendum votes by Maine […]

Twenty years ago, columnist Cal Thomas told an unhappy alcoholic colleague (his dearest friend, recently deceased) that he needed Jesus to change his life (“Beckel and me: An odd couple,” March 3). His colleague accepted his advice, and Thomas gave him a Bible. They started attending church together, and the man came to believe “what […]

I’ve changed my mind. Drafted in 1969, I ended up in the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam as an M60 machine gunner. I was a typical U.S. Army grunt who rarely saw a South Vietnamese soldier. Other than two ex-Viet Cong “Kit Carson” scouts we never worked with the South Vietnamese. Many Army of […]

I have known Peggy Rotundo for over 20 years, and I know that she is the best candidate to represent District 21 in the Maine Senate.Peggy served in both the Maine House and Senate, so she understands the mechanics of the legislative world. Peggy has served as the chair of the Appropriations Committee, which means […]

There is a conscious force for evil in this world that is dismissed as real by many who prefer to consign all ill-doing to humanity’s own nature, away from any susceptibility to that force. But the present aggression in Ukraine, led by a malevolence at work inside a compliant dictator who, as Scripture witnesses, “Goes […]

In 1962, as a result of the U.S.S.R. stationing nuclear missiles in Cuba, President Kennedy blockaded Cuba with warships. Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev was told to go home and remove his missiles. For several days in October, the world stood at the brink of nuclear war, but in the end, Khrushchev backed down. Fast […]

Gov. Janet Mills’ proposal to return surplus revenue is a slap in the face to tax-paying Mainers who make more than $75,000. Choosing only taxpayers under that limit is discriminatory. To say that workers making over $75,000 are not affected by rising costs is truly one-sided. Any surplus should go to all taxpaying Mainers regardless […]