Ellen Field: U.S. is ‘halfway down a slippery slope’ thanks to MAGAs

Just when you think some of the MAGAs have reached a new low, you read this in the Washington Post: “Lawmaker censured for asking if fatal child abuse saves taxpayers money.” Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, a Republican, asked about the belief that it’s “actually a benefit to society” because there aren’t needs for further […]

Constance Michaud: Abortions have created ‘devastating impact’ in U.S.

Since Roe v. Wade was decided in January 1973, there have been approximately 63 million babies whose lives were taken from them in this country. We can only guess the devastating impact this loss of life has caused on our country. We should ask ourselves: Do we use abortion as a form of birth control? […]

David Belanger: U.S. has a real president; enough said

People should listen up. We have a real president. Nothing more needs to be said. David Belanger, Turner

Peter Lavallee: Keep Franco-American center’s name the same

Officers of the Franco-American Heritage Center appear to be overstepping the original reason for the creation of this beautiful venue with a name change to Riverfront Performing Arts and Events. This is a slap in the face to the many, many contributors and volunteers who have given time and money to make the center what […]

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Finding purpose in our brave new world

Looking for meaning helps us understand how our actions are or are not important. Looking for purpose helps us understand how we can fit into the world (and how we can’t).

Froma Harrop: Ah, Nikki. Change your shoes

Nikki Haley is running for the Republican presidential nomination. She is clearly a long shot, but ditching pointy toes for sharper counterattacks would be the way to go.

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, Feb. 25

William LaRochelle: Bugliosi vs. Belzer on JFK assassination

After reading of the recent death of comic and conspiracist author Richard Belzer (Sun Journal, Feb. 20), I did a little digging to find out what his take was on the Kennedy assassination. I found all I cared to read in an article he wrote for HuffPost (Aug. 13, 2007), a progressivist website. In it, […]

Rich Lowry: Biden’s push to radicalize the federal bureaucracy

In a push for so-called equity so shockingly far-reaching that, not so long ago, a “woke” diversity officer wouldn’t have attempted it at even the most progressive liberal arts college, Biden is pushing to make the federal government a frank instrument of a racialized radicalism.

In rebuttal: Jon St. Laurent: Late abortions are ‘a rarity overall’ in Maine

I write in rebuttal to Diana O’Brien’s letter, “Maine lawmakers should oppose late-term abortions” (Feb. 15). Ms. O’Brien stated that “There is now a bill legislators are trying to pass, to make it OK to abort a full-term child, with the approval of a qualified medical professional.” In fact, four reproductive related bills — and […]