In response to the June 6 letter concerning the Second Amendment (“Wrong to suggest electorate would take up arms“), when that was passed in the late 18th century, it took maybe a minute to a minute and a half to reload a musket. The cyclical rate of fire for an M-16 is 700 to 900 […]

How is it that so many Americans think they are entitled to live in the richest country in the world while so many others suffer without what they need just to survive? It seems to me that the people in this country with the most still want more. It’s not “right” that they have to […]

I support Ms. Rachel’s speaking out on behalf of all children, including those in Gaza, whom Israel has killed and maimed in the tens of thousands, using bombs, incendiaries, tanks, artillery and starvation. The most horrific and depraved killing method is by sniper fire — IDF soldiers deliberately taking aim at the heads and hearts […]

Over the last few months, I have followed Rep. Laurel Libby’s house censureship case with great interest. What Rep. Libby and her supporters seem to have forgotten is that she was censured because she posted an image of a minor without the individual’s permission, not for her political views. As I understand it, she has […]

In Gaza, with over 1,000 trucks loaded with life-saving aid that the government of Israel will not allow in, 14,000 babies and infants risked starving to death. Here in Waldo County, there are approximately 1,746 children who are under age 5. By comparison, it means that every child we know — our own children — […]

There’s a lot wrong with the bill before Congress, such as the fact that it gives huge tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting back funds awarded to Medicaid and other worthy programs. But even more scary in the bill is the provision that would restrict our government’s ability to respond to an incident of […]

With each administration of late we’ve seen both political parties demonstrate their addiction to ever-greater doses of executive power without regard to constitutional limits. In our constitutional structure, the framers left it primarily to Congress to check the executive. But for decades Congress has found it politically expedient to ignore many of the tools given […]