Columns

The ticking time bomb

By Lorri Cousens - May 25
I have a story that needs to be told. We are fighting for our lives and most don't know it. Like everything uncomfortable, we don't want to think ...
New CDs from Pink, Lofgren, Parsons, O'Jays

By Tom Von Malder - May 24
Pink: Hurts 2B Human (RCA CD, 47:08). The album's title gives an indication of the increasing electronic influence in Pink's music, such as the ...
A curious collection of mail carriers

By Benny Huckleberry as ... - May 24
I am very puzzled by the mail carriers who visit our house to deliver the mail to my human. They all drive up in the same white truck, all wear ...
Fiddleheads, a Maine tradition

By Tom Seymour - May 24
For many people, it wouldn't be springtime in Maine without a plate of fresh-picked fiddleheads. It's a rite of spring greatly anticipated by ...
Yankee carpetbagger

By David Grima - May 23
Do we even need our signatures any more? For some time now, on the few occasions where I am still asked to sign my name while making a purchase at ...
The fifth column: creating and funding the border crisis

By Paul Ackerman - May 23
In order to create the attitude of acceptance for the unacceptable breach of societal norms and the rule-of-law basis for America, a manipulation ...
Power in people's hands

By Dylan Cookson - May 23
A few weeks ago, State Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, hosted a talk in Rockport on his proposal to replace both CMP and Emera Maine with a ...
Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor, May 23

May 23
Asks for 'a more nuanced description' from columnist As a plant ecologist who selects native plant offerings for the Waldo County Soil and Water ...
Historical Photo - Union Street

May 23
The photo is captioned “Looking down Union Street 1900.”
Camden Herald Letters to the Editor May 23

May 23
Taxpayers are considered when creating the school budget In his letter to the editor, Ralph Wallace (“Consider taxpayers when creating the school ...
Choosing between abortion and looking at love

By Reade Brower - May 23
The recent Alabama abortion law criminalizes and imprisons doctors and caregivers with up to 99 years' jail time. As I began to write, common ...
Barley, mushroom and butternut squash risotto

By Wendy Andresen - May 22
We usually think of risotto as Italian arborio rice cooked in broth to a creamy consistency resulting from the starch in the rice. A perfect ...
Déjà vu with 'Happy Death Day,' 'LEGO Movie' sequels

By Tom Von Malder - May 18
Happy Death Day 2U (Universal, Blu-ray or standard DVD, PG-13, 99 min.). I have to admit that I thoroughly enjoyed the first film and thus was ...
Let’s get vertical, vertical…

By Lynette L. Walther - May 17
Short on space, looking for easy-to-harvest crops or needing to cover an unsightly element? No problem, because things are looking up in the ...
Famed liner Manhattan tested in Rockland

By Daniel Dunkle - May 17
I found myself missing my beloved 1930s and so booted up the time machine for a stop in the Depression era. The largest U.S.-built passenger ship, ...
His heyday is over

By Kris Ferrazza - May 17
Most days I live in a happy little bubble. With a fun job, sweet family, cute pets and a home I adore, I'm “#blessed,” for sure. But every now and ...
There is no 'should.' There is only what is.

By Sarah E. Reynolds - May 17
According to an article I read recently, the Buddha said, "Suffering is the demand that experience be different than it is." That struck me as ...
Such an interesting word

By David Grima - May 16
Last week I wrote in quite a different vein about the abandonment of faith by many poor modern Christians in exchange for a piece of the fleeting ...
Rant or comment?

By Ralph Wallace - May 16
My college journalism professor admonished our class, “… never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.” Well, sorry, Dr. Wilson, ...
Courier-Gazette Letters to the Editor, May 16

May 16
'Mystified' by legislator's stand on vaccination requirement As longtime fans of Sen. Dave Miramant [D-Camden], we are mystified by his stand on ...