Rich Lowry: Confession of a public health expert

The former head of the National Institutes of Health during the pandemic and current science advisor to President Joe Biden, Francis Collins, has noted that he and his colleagues demonstrated an “unfortunate” narrow-mindedness.

Patrick Eisenhart: ‘I don’t trust Golden any longer’

Voting with rich Republicans appears to be an emerging pattern with Congressman Jared Golden. He was the only Democrat to vote with the Republicans against the Build Back Better bill designed to provide badly-needed services for Mainers and to address climate change. He voted consistently with Republicans against the ban of the AR-15 until he […]

Carole Richards: ‘My wish for the new year’

My wish for the new year is a return to common decency and morality, to see kindness and caring everywhere. I am hopeful Generation Z will march to the polls this November in droves to say we will not accept inaction in Congress while children are being massacred in our schools. I wish to see […]

Editorial cartoon for Thursday, Jan. 4

Auburn company raises over $800 in snowsuit drive

AUBURN — Better Homes & Gardens/The Masiello Group raised more than $800 from its Auburn office in its annual snowsuit drive for Promise Early Education Center. The money paid for gloves, hats, boots and more than 23 full sets of snowsuits. As the Head Start program for Androscoggin County, the center aims to provide a […]

Jacqueline Smith: Excluding Trump from ballot ‘a slap in the face’

How sad and pathetic it is when three individuals and a bias secretary of state can make a decision that affects the rights of all the citizens of this wonderful state (excluding Donald Trump from the primaries). What a slap in the face. Obviously, they don’t believe that we are capable of thinking for ourselves […]

Penny Haslett: Trump is not for the people

I’m so upset that so many people were angry with Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. I feel she was very direct and stated just the facts. People are so quick to judge without looking up the information. I wish people would take the blinders off and see Donald Trump for what he really is. He […]

Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Jan. 3

Froma Harrop: Sorry, haters. California is doing just fine

There’s a neurotic need in the right-leaning media to declare that California is going down.

Cal Thomas: Biden not ‘faithfully executing’ the law

When it comes to the open southern border it could be argued — and should be argued by more members of Congress — that the president has violated his oath, which is reason enough for impeachment.