It is perpetually shameful to see another year go by without agreement that all Americans, regardless of their sex, deserve equal rights and protection under the law. Like other federal issues bogged down by politics, the Equal Rights Amendment has had to find its way into law through statehouses. Twenty-six other states have enacted their […]

I strongly agree with Hossein Askari’s Jan. 3 Maine Voices column, “Maine should collect more from out-of-state homeowners.” It was a number of years ago that I encountered a Democratic candidate running for governor who proposed a statewide property tax on land that would be 100 percent deductible from your state income tax. This has […]

Lots of talk recently about former Vice President Dick Cheney accompanying his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney, to the House chamber’s observance Jan. 6. Indeed, the only two Republicans in Washington with the temerity to show up. I recall the support Mr. Cheney, along with Donald Rumsfeld and then-President George W. Bush, enjoyed from Republicans – […]

Those who are attacking City Councilor Andrew Zarro’s business and, who are in any way personally threatening him, should be called to account to the fullest extent legally and socially. Most especially they should be called to account by those who hold the same policy beliefs and a public apology should be made. For a […]

Seven years ago, Sen. Susan Collins walked with Rep. John Lewis across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On that day in 1965, marchers demanded voting rights for African Americans and were met by police wielding clubs. Lewis almost died in the attack. Sadly, we are […]

Last November witnessed a record 4.5 million Americans either quitting or changing their jobs, according to Labor Department data. Job openings improved slightly that month to 10.6 million, down from 11 million a month prior. Mike Rowe, narrator of Fox Business Network’s “How America Works,” told Fox Business’ Stuart Varney that this will “impact every […]

Doug Hitchcox in the Ask Audubon column “Ringing in the new year with a treat: Steller’s sea eagle” (Maine Sunday Telegram, Jan. 9, Page C6) provided an additional treat! His column is such an informative, fun, beautifully articulate piece on the Steller’s sea eagle. Plus, I learned so much about birds in general. Doug’s writing […]