I am writing this letter to the editor to commend our senator, Susan Collins, for having the courage that most other Republican senators lack for calling out President Trump’s series of tweets regarding the duly elected Democratic congresswomen. The senator is absolutely right that while we may disagree, sometimes strongly, with other representatives on policy, […]

Do I love America? Yes, I love America. If I didn’t love America, I wouldn’t have been stirred by President John F. Kennedy’s challenge on a cold January day to ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. If I didn’t love America, I and many […]

Susan Collins has once again shown us who she really is. We should believe her. Senator Collins had a difficult time clearly denouncing the latest racist remark made by Trump, choosing instead a tepid comment about him crossing a line preceded by her detailed criticisms of the House Democrats that Trump referred too. With her […]

Read with interest Joe Lawlor’s excellent (and heartbreaking!) piece about the tragic shortage of group homes for adults with intellectual disabilities in Maine. However, I believe Joe and the Sunday Telegram are guilty of pulling their punches on the disgraceful legacy of the LePage/Mayhew era in which DHHS budgets were routinely cut or flat-funded when […]

Smoke alarms save lives! This fact is at the heart of the Home Fire Campaign of the American Red Cross. In the wake of a New Gloucester fire that is drawing attention to the firefighter shortage in Maine, we want Mainers to know that there are concrete steps you can take to make your home […]

Regarding the July 12 headline “Overdose deaths fell in early 2019,” in which the subtitle calls this a “positive trend:” There is much to be concerned about in the complicated land of drug overdose/addiction. It’s a huge problem, and we need to get better about making treatment accessible. However, to say these figures represent a […]

I found the Sunday column by Victoria Hugo-Vidal both naive about the mission of our armed forces, mean-spirited and disrespectful to the current administration. The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas. Every administration in our […]