Conservatives inadvertently are making counterproductive moves. On the one hand, they are trying to restrict voting access to enhance their chances in elections. In Republican-controlled states, recent legislation has made it more difficult for the poor and people of color to cast ballots. While those on the right claim their intention is to safeguard elections, […]

I lost my cute little gray coin purse, made in a foreign country. It was gifted to me by a woman I played Scrabble with at People Plus in January 2019. I was more upset about the lost purse than the credit and SNAP cards inside it. On Sept. 9, I had been shopping at […]

Small businesses are the strength of America’s economy. So it stands to reason that they will be the strength of our economic recovery, as well. Yet some in Congress are advancing legislation that would tax the very investments that many small businesses rely on to provide the financial security they need to push our economy […]

While I typically disagree with Jim Fossel, I applaud his column in the Sept. 19 Telegram regarding NIMBYs who voice support for public housing but oppose any projects that target their neighborhoods. Efforts to achieve progress toward social justice, economic justice, environmental justice, criminal justice, fighting climate change and ending the COVID-19 epidemic require compromises […]

As someone who has worked, hunted and snowmobiled in the Central Maine Power corridor area, I write in response to Ashley Tempesta (“Letter to the editor: CMP corridor forces industrialization of Enchanted Forest,” Sept. 22), who believes the corridor will destroy an “enchanted” forest. Ms. Tempesta cites road names such as “Lower Enchanted” and “Upper […]

I would like to add to the letter that appeared Sept. 15, “Work together to end the need for abortion” (Page A10). Here are a few more things we need to do: • Promote chastity. If you don’t have sex, you will not get pregnant! Birth control devices are not 100 percent effective. Unfortunately, our […]

Recent media coverage (Sept. 16) depicts Long Creek Youth Development Center as a house of horrors. Left out of the discussion is the fact that, over the past few years, the number of incarcerated youth has been reduced by about 75 percent. Those few who end up at Long Creek have been charged with serious […]

Another day, another example of Washington playing political games with incredibly consequential issues. The topic is government funding and the debt limit. What used to be an inconsequential procedural vote has turned into another grand battle between the two parties. Democrats had the opportunity to include the debt limit in their reconciliation instructions as an […]