Regarding the business story about drugmaker Eli Lily (“Eli Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap,” March 1), the corporation decided to reduce the cost of insulin following the $35 cap for Medicare recipients called for in the federal Inflation Reduction Act. Although Republicans voted against the legislation and specifically blocked the […]

The Grand Old Party ain’t so grand as it marches in lockstep to the culture war playbook. Let’s burn some books! Let’s eliminate some uncomfortable historical facts so we don’t make people uncomfortable! How about attacking a woman’s right to privacy and control over her own body? Oh yes, and those cross-dressers and drag queens. […]

I fear that when Gov. Mills spoke about the proposed money to be invested in disability services, during her State of the State address, most people came away thinking we were well on our way to solving the housing crisis facing the disability community. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that […]

Peter Monro’s Feb. 26 column provides an important insight: No matter how good Maine’s climate policies and actions are, nationwide emissions dwarf those produced in our state. Therefore, what we need is a federal policy to curb emissions. Monro further notes that the membership of our senators, Angus King and Susan Collins, in the Senate […]

I agree with Peter Monro, writing in these pages on Feb. 26, that the best place we Mainers can effect meaningful change on climate policy is at the national level. Monro could have also written that, according to modeling by Rhodium, the Inflation Reduction Act recently passed in Congress is projected to get us only […]

Peter Monro’s Feb. 26 op-ed is certainly correct that, locally, we have done well – and that national action is needed. However, he does exactly nothing except wag his finger. I would ask Mr. Monro what exactly he is doing on a national level to advocate for climate change. One reason we are effective locally […]

The front-page story in the Feb. 26 Maine Sunday Telegram about Maine’s governor being the lowest paid governor in the country was quite an eye-opener. One has to question our priorities when the state’s governor makes $70,000 a year and the men’s basketball coach at the University of Maine in Orono makes $165,000 a year, […]

The lunch and activity day recently organized by the Cape Elizabeth Police Department for refugee families staying with the St. Alban’s parishioner community encapsulates the warm and welcoming embrace we owe these families, while underscoring the need for their full economic and social integration. Despite the valiant efforts of a whole array of service organizations […]