Concerning yesterday’s letter (“Who’s winning? Follow the numbers,” Nov. 17), let us compare apples to apples. The letter confused the cumulative interest rate with the compound interest rate. Using its numbers for starting and ending values, for a $1,000 investment to reach a value of $33,563 requires an interest rate of 7.13% compounded annually. Likewise […]

We are thankful that the reports of active school shooters across Maine were only a horrible hoax. We are grateful for the prompt and professional response from law enforcement, first medical responders, school administrators and teachers. We are strengthened by the love and support shared by students, parents, families and communities in the face of […]

William Vaughan Jr. recently wrote about his concerns regarding “Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All,” with statements that need to be challenged (“Letter to the editor: Could ‘Medicare for All’ open the floodgates?,” Nov. 9). I have visited a number of other countries where some sort of universal health care is in operation. None of those […]

Many thanks to Rep. Chellie Pingree for championing efforts to end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments and give a second chance to animals abused in government labs. The watchdog group I work for, White Coat Waste Project, has uncovered cruel and outdated taxpayer-funded experiments on thousands of dogs, cats and other animals each year. Historically, most […]

“Woke.” Who knew that this word, used as a colloquial term, is much older than Ron DeSantis? “Woke,” from Merriam Webster: “Aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues especially of racial and social injustice.” Can’t argue that this is bad, but good deeds do not go unpunished by some. I’m a “boomer.” […]

Your recent reprint from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, for many years my hometown newspaper, needs a clarifier (“Fetterman offers Democrats a path,” Nov. 12). The paper endorsed Trump in 2020, and this election endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz for U.S. senator. Well, they bet on the wrong horses, and their Fetterman editorial is little more than post-election […]

I would like to express my gratitude to the people of Maine Senate District 32 – Arundel, Biddeford, Dayton, Hollis and Lyman – for electing me to be their next state senator. I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to serve them and the entire state of Maine. I started my campaign over 11 […]

MAGA extremism and all it stands for – fundamentalism, anti-democracy, violence, racism and its leader, Donald Trump, and its Maine expressions in Paul LePage and others – has been voted out. The result reminds me of the lizard that has died but doesn’t know it yet. The neurological recognition is slow that its time is […]