Thanks for running Kurt Bardella’s piece from the Los Angeles Times (“Commentary: Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans have a clear stance on Trump’s alleged crimes – they support them,” March 24). We can now safely file the entire Republican Party under the “if it quacks like a duck” section of criminal law. Chris Queally Scarborough

The recent comments of Casella Waste Systems’ CEO displayed an ironic mastery of half-truths (“Managing municipal biosolids is a complex issue that requires collaboration,” March 23). The company failed its own headline advice when it abruptly halted acceptance of wastewater sludge. This $1 billion waste corporation operates the state-owned landfill in Maine. Its suddenly manufactured […]

Regarding the March 16 op-ed “The Willow Project is a carbon bomb. Biden just lit the match”: I’m grateful to the authors for addressing the president’s recent decision to allow a destructive oil drilling project to move forward despite the grave consequences it will have for our communities. Since the White House has refused to […]

A letter in last Tuesday’s paper complained about a potential tax increase for Brunswick’s schools, stating that taxpayers are struggling and should not have to spend scarce tax dollars on the immigrants we expect in the fall (“Letter to the editor: Brunswick pushing taxpayers to the limit,” March 21). As a fellow taxpayer in Brunswick, I […]

Recent newspaper articles and letters to the editor have focused on threats from global warming and suggest that there are steps that all of us can take to try to prevent the worst from happening. To be very brief, we can stop taking international flights for vacations or cross-country flights, except for special events. We […]

I wasn’t surprised to read that “many high school students would prefer sports to focus more on fitness and fun and less on competition” (“Why are fewer Maine students playing high school sports?” Feb. 18). By one estimate, Maine ranks No. 2 in the country for anxiety in youth. At Teens to Trails, we help middle […]

Recently a contributor suggested that the only significant climate action would have to come from the federal government and that other actions were essentially meaningless (“Commentary: Mainers are missing the climate change target,” Feb. 25). I agree with the urgent need for further federal climate legislation but do not share the writer’s views about state, […]

I’ve read a few commentaries recently advocating for upgrading and building new power grids and moving quickly on that. One has to wonder how this might happen when we couldn’t even build a single new transmission line through the woods. Richard Williams East Waterboro