Your new Sunday Source section column on plastic bag and food container abuses (“The price of plastic,” April 27) addresses an important topic we all should be concerned about. Our beautiful Maine landscape bears witness to the careless disposal of these hard-to-recycle items, which seem to be increasing at an alarming rate. In the case […]

It appears that we are, nationally, in a state of turmoil, unable to find shared direction in the face of the political, economic and, above all, the environmental challenges we face. Our democracy is our essential decision-making tool, and we are losing it to the influence of corporate power and money at large, in our […]

It’s time for us to change our expectations and ask: Do we require daily mail delivery? Face it, information transfer requirements have changed. Presently, many legal documents and most payments of bills are transmitted electronically; trhe paper check is all but an anachronism. We citizens need to step back and determine our present individual needs […]

As it appears that two of the three gubernatorial candidates are keeping their powder wet during the 2014 campaign, let’s enjoy some wordplay for what you may ultimately have to report in November if the governor is re-elected. Here, then, are some headline ideas you may employ: 1. Maine stays the “coarse” 2. Tea, no […]

I couldn’t agree more with Portland reader Carole G. Jean’s letter concerning Charles Thompson’s woodpecker essay (“Writer more annoying than woodpecker,” May 18). I’d not add a word to her sentiment save the following: 1. It was my intent as I read Mr. Thompson’s initially enjoyable piece to forward it to a fellow bird lover […]