It made me very sad and angry to read the recent letter espousing the rejection of RFK Jr.’s nomination (“Sen. Collins should reject RFK Jr.’s nomination,” Nov. 20). The writer has obviously never read any of his books, with their hundreds of proven references. All doctors today are nothing but legal drug pushers, which is […]

Too many critics are wrongly saying the Democrats lost the election because they abandoned the middle class. Ninety-nine percent of the Democrats I know are members of the working class. I am working class. And no one has done more to raise our quality of working life than the Democratic Party. The Republicans have not […]

Writer Michael Perfetti’s Nov. 23 letter to the editor (“Republicans are the true party of identity politics”) was absolutely right in suggesting that Kamala Harris did not lose because of “identity politics.” Sexism and racism were obviously factors, as well as lower-than-expected turnout of Democratic voters. “Identity politics” is applicable to white Christian Nationalists, home-grown […]

The best part of Thanksgiving is the heaping side dish of memories that is always served alongside the turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes. The holiday isn’t just a gathering of the clan but also the resurrection of family ghosts and hallowed traditions. Although many of their smiling faces are now gone, they will never be […]

A headline on a Nov. 10 Telegram Opinion page op-ed reads “This is an obvious time for a centrist party in America.” I respectfully disagree. More appropriate would be: “Time to elect more centrist Republicans, Democrats and independents to federal offices.” Efforts to create third parties in the U.S. have failed miserably. A principal reason, […]

Fred Kimball’s Nov. 19 letter (“Why not make Maine a two-flag state?“) was so good I wish I’d written it myself: Maine should have both flags! Maybe more. We fly the stylized tree and star on our deck, and that’s our choice, in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Carolyn […]

Recently, a reader complained in your letters section that there were no communications in praise of Trump’s return to the presidency (“Where are the letters celebrating Trump’s win?” Nov. 17). I feel his pain, as I, too, have yearned to see him be our leader again. For years we’ve had the current “crime family,” led […]