Madison Sheppard: Arctic wildlife refuge must be protected

As a young climate activist, I’m deeply concerned about the fact that our political leaders are not doing enough to combat climate change. Case in point: the decision by Congress in 2017 to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. The Arctic Refuge is one of the last wild places […]

Cartoon for Thursday, July 22

Cal Thomas: Truth and COVID-19

People — including two U.S. presidents, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the president, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — have all made statements which, at the time, they claimed were accurate and based on science, but turned out to be inaccurate.

In rebuttal: Charles Nero: Social inequality’s cause requires introspection, not innocence

I write in response to Kevin Landry’s guest column (“Time to move on from a cancerous past,” July 11). I think Landry is correct to point out the biases and discrimination New England’s Franco Americans have faced. However, Landry makes the specious claim that if systemic racism exists “then not only are institutions racist, but […]

Cartoon for Wednesday, July 21

Robert Macdonald: Train study a waste of time, money

A committee has been formed to study bringing a train to the Lewiston area. Perhaps before getting too far into this venture, the committee should pause and read the children’s story, “The Little Engine That Could.” In the story the engine is finally able to climb up the mountain and go over its top. Miracle?  […]

In rebuttal: Marc Greenwood: ‘Authentic Christianity requires courage’

I’ve read and re-read Cal Thomas’s July 11 column. It seems Thomas has swallowed a specious and a spurious fantasy: America was founded as a Christian nation, and thus manifested American exceptionalism. I’m a Christian believer and a minister, who found Thomas’s anemic, westernized, weak-kneed pity party for Christianity an affront, which required a rebuttal. […]

Rich Lowry: Biden’s demagogic voting speech

When it comes to juicing up his own supporters, the Biden speech may have been effective, but it wasn’t statesmanship — or remotely truthful.

Cartoon for Tuesday, July 20

G. Bud Samiljan: Power corridor wrong for rural Maine

The honorable mayor of Lewiston gave a heart-wrenching plea for Central Maine Power’s corridor in a speech seemingly orchestrated by CMP itself. I empathize with Lewiston’s fiscal woes and understand that CMP’s substation generates helpful financial relief to taxpayers and supports necessary municipal services. However, the speech’s touted climate benefits, much resembling CMP’s false advertising for […]