Institutional neglect will drive residents away.
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Maine voter ID question goes too far
The changes up for consideration are not small — and we should reject them.
Keep AI out of Maine classrooms | Letter
Despite all of the marketing money targeting school districts, schools shouldn’t waste time and money figuring out how to integrate “AI” into classrooms (How Maine teachers are using AI in the classroom, Sept. 7). There isn’t an ethical way for schools to use AI tools, which are built on stolen words and images, use an immense amount of water and electricity to […]
Charlie Kirk did not deserve to die | Letter
We’re talking about beliefs, here.
Geezers like Mills and Collins need to step aside | Letter
There is some chatter that Gov. Janet Mills may compete against Sen. Susan Collins for her seat in the U.S. Senate. What will be the reaction of the young people in our state when they are faced with a 78-year-old competing with a 72-year-old for a six-year term for one of the highest offices in […]
Gender ideology does not belong in Maine schools | Letter
Stop this assault on the truth.
Are we going in a direction we consider great? | Letter
President Trump claims that his falling out with Jeffery Epstein occurred because, as Trump said of Epstein, “He stole people that worked for me.” Trump considers people to be a commodity that can be stolen, he considers people to be a commodity owned. The presidential administration is full of human traffickers. They are ordering masked […]
Maine Democrats are cannibals | Letter
Democrats are cannibals. If we don’t stop preying on our own in the face of peril, we will cease to exist. Case in point? Graham Platner. Platner, a candidate who has managed to convince his deeply Republican neighbors of the threat the current administration poses to both them and the country, has suddenly gained the […]
Trump’s trying to build a private army with tax dollars | Letter
I have watched, with disgust and anger, as the current president works at normalizing the presence of armed, anonymous agents and military forces on the streets of peaceful American cities according to his dictates. This is authoritarian action 101. The behavior of his masked ICE agents isn’t the removal of dangerous criminals and rapists; it […]
Don’t let beach access opponents turn us against each other | Letter
Maybe it’s the winters. A minus-5-degree morning has a way of keeping people real. Whatever the reason, Mainers have always had a knack for spotting nonsense a mile away. The Aug. 24 op-ed from attorneys Gilliard and Kieser (“Maine beach access case carries huge implications for private property“) was yet another attempt to tell us […]