The state of Maine needs to add an online option to the current methods for voter registration. One lesson from the pandemic was the necessity of online transactions. With state and town offices closed, or open limited hours, I paid my property taxes and renewed my driver’s license and car registration online. I have obtained […]

This is in response to Crystal Ward’s letter, “Praise for the American Rescue Plan,” which ran March 27. The timeworn saying that everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts comes to mind here, although cherry picking one’s facts may be more appropriate in this case. While good things do come […]

The election is over. The Electoral College voted Biden in. It’s an illusion that we vote for president; the college, in reality, can vote for whoever it wants. The talk about election reform is really how it can manipulate the most votes for its Democratic Party. Oh, the horror of having to register to vote. […]

In his rebuttal to Bob Schaible’s March 21 piece (“Angus King: ‘Good faith negotiations’ needed in Israeli-Palestine conflict,” March 24), Sen. King claims he will continue to “oppose Israeli settlement expansion, and similarly oppose economic boycotts against Israel.” This sounds “reasonable” and “balanced” until one stops to think of two things. First, settlements are a […]

I like people. I like to hear what people think, what they like, what music makes them sing. Or cry. Or sing and cry at the same time. I don’t like a machine telling me what I should like. I don’t want my behavior predicted based upon past likes. I like to be genuinely surprised, […]

I was glad to see Robert Schaible’s column (“Sen. King complicit in Israel’s Big Lie,” March 21) that sheds light on the Palestinians’ dire situation under Israeli occupation, which continues with the support of the U.S. government and U.S. taxpayer dollars. I’m also pleased that Sen. King responded, but I’m dismayed that while he’s waiting […]

Beware the “Republican Negative Propaganda” machine, which is spinning lies, diversions, division, deception, conspiracies and hate about the newly-passed American Rescue Plan. This bill provides additional relief to address the continued impact of COVID-19 on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, businesses and COVID-19 distribution and vaccinations. This plan was designed to […]

I applaud Sen. Susan Collins’ recent decision to withdraw her co-sponsorship of the Equality Act. This bill will only give special rights to transgenders, which is ironic because the Constitution already provides protection for the rights of all Americans, regardless of their “identity group.” The biological definition of one’s sex would be replaced by one’s […]

The New England Clean Energy Connect is critical to Lewiston and Maine, and our future. One thing that can’t be denied is that Lewiston benefits from the NECEC. For the power to get to the rest of New England, it must come through Lewiston first. That will require a $200 million substation upgrade that will […]

Everything the GOP stands for is rooted in religiously-based prejudice of some sort. Its members learned that basing their arguments on a Christian doctrine is a winning strategy, because Americans have been schooled in conservative logic that teaches the Bible supports the Right Wing. Whether they are denying the rights of women, the poor and […]