Re: Tyler Cowen’s Bloomberg Opinion column “Social Security isn’t doomed for millennials, Gen Xers” (Nov. 13): His premise is highly dependent upon one of two things happening: Either the electorate will agree to a tax increase to cover the shortfall, or it will agree to allow the federal government to bail out the system. Neither […]

As someone who works in the IT field and knows the challenges of hiring and retaining highly skilled tech workers, I entirely agree with the recent editorial, “Our View: Maine’s labor shortage challenges every industry” (Oct. 28), urging action on increasing the size and skill level of Maine’s workforce. I am also pleased to know […]

Another Veterans Day passes, reminding us of the dedication our young men and women serving in the military. They serve with honor and pride and fight with dedication. But then they return home – some injured and broken – as the same people who sent them into harm’s way and called them “heroes” turn their […]

Thank you to Gov. Mills and our state’s leadership for recent initiatives supporting older Mainers. We applaud the collective talent that brought these initiatives to fruition. In late October, working with AARP, Maine became only the sixth state AARP’s Network of Age Friendly Communities. Two weeks ago, Gov. Mills signed an executive order establishing the […]

As Gerald Petruccelli and Bruce McGlauflin, authors of the Nov. 10 commentary “State of Maine is an unfit guardian for intellectually disabled adults,” rightly note, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is the last, not the first, option for adults determined to require a guardian. DHHS serves as the court-appointed public guardian for […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Ex-communist nations haven’t embraced U.S.-style capitalism,” by Doug Zlatin (Nov. 8): I’m so tired of hearing people bragging about free health care, public university education, “generous parental leave policies” and child care systems in other countries. Hungary’s population is 9.7 million. Slovakia’s population is 5.4 million. The United States’ population […]

Deceptive telephone calls, claiming to be from federal agencies; scamming emails that promote products that are too good to be true, and letters that promise large sums of money – all of these are tactics that are used by scam artists and fraudsters to take advantage of Mainers. In this day and age, when we […]