In response to the Maine Voices column by Robert Daigle (“Trump is following through on a well-founded economic plan,” Dec. 20), I have to disagree. It may be a great plan, as it has turned out, for President Trump’s billionaire buddies and the corporations but hardly beneficial to the people in the real world, sometimes […]

Perhaps the American public will get a chance to see in the Senate those witnesses who the administration refused to let appear in the House. For example, it would be good to hear from President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Mick Mulvaney, acting chief of staff, and Philip Reeker, acting […]

Brownie Carson stepped up to run for state office during a disquieting political time in Maine. The governor at that time had vetoed more bills than all Maine governors combined over the previous hundred years, making it clear that negotiating and compromise, the essence of a working democracy, were not happening. That experience of a […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Trust PortTix, not resellers, for tickets to Merrill events” (Dec. 14): This is in response to the letter from Christine Palmer, who accidentally bought overpriced tickets on a ticket-reselling scalper website. We here at the PortTix Box Office were very glad we could assist her, and thank her for spreading […]

I am shocked to see Tim Soley’s proposal for a zoning measure that would allow for a 20-plus-story building at Canal Plaza (Dec. 20). Portland has been ranked as one of the 25 most livable cities in the U.S. It didn’t look like all the other cities with ugly skyscraper development, accompanying wind tunnels and […]

Sen. Susan Collins now has a chance to make history. Our country was founded and has succeeded because we’ve managed to balance individual freedoms with fairness, honesty and equality, as codified in our Constitution and laws. Without individual freedoms, we wouldn’t have made the advancements in medicine, business, technology or education we enjoy today. Without […]

Milly Spence’s Dec. 20 letter (“Would-be quitter getting a mixed message on smoking cessation”) makes no sense. A prescription to help her stop smoking will cost $426. But If she smokes two packs a day, at $8 per pack, she’s spending $480 a month for cigarettes. That’s over $5,000 a year. The prescription will save […]