Send Trump back to where he came from

Mainers should block reckless assisted-suicide law

Maine will become a dangerous place for vulnerable people if the new assisted-suicide law goes into effect. Reckless laws like L.D. 1313 automatically place them at risk for mistakes, coercion and abuse. Mistaken prognoses can occur and have in many cases. These laws depend upon a doctor’s accurate prediction that a patient has six months […]

Resources are out there to help victims of elder abuse

I am writing this letter to introduce the website Lifting Up the Voices (www.liftingupvoices.net) and to bring information to and awareness of seniors living with abuse and the professionals who work with clients in abusive relationships. The National Clearinghouse for Abuse in Later Life interviewed numerous people throughout the United States to participate in this […]

Calling all military retirees

Charge employers in immigration raid

Congress must hold Big Pharma accountable

Assault weapons ban’s opponents share guilt

The veiled encouragement toward racism and violence by Donald Trump at his alleys has surely attributed to the increase in mass carnage by white supremacist over the past two and a half years. I would go one step further and lay all the killings by assault type weapons since 2004 directly on the door step […]

Harvest the smaller fish, release the bigger ones

Re: “Why catch-and-release is killing, not conserving, Maine fisheries” (Aug. 11): There’s no doubt that the smaller of a species is a competitive risk for development and growth. Larger fish, e.g., togue, landlocked salmon and brook trout, actually are not the voracious consumers of smelt or other smaller fish. Just remember how much food you […]

Do your part to help asylum seekers

Hold tech companies responsible for cyberbullying