I agree with all the letters written urging Congress to keep the good parts of the Affordable Care Act and fix the parts of the plan that aren’t working. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater Examples of the parts of the plan that should be kept are protections for people with pre-existing conditions, […]
2016
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins must lead bipartisan fight against Trump’s EPA nominee
With the selection of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency, President-elect Donald Trump “could not have found a more suitable candidate … to weaken clean air and clean water laws and repudiate America’s leadership role in the global battle against climate change,” as The New York Times stated in a […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Mitch McConnell acts like a stubborn 6-year-old
Steve Sack, the syndicated cartoonist (Page A6, Dec. 3) responsible for the caricature of Nancy Pelosi wearing a “Make Democrats Stagnate Again” cap, and flashing Richard Nixon’s notorious “I am not a crook!” gesture, seems to have forgotten the frustrating experiences of the past eight years with the actual architects of “stagnation politics.” At the […]
Posted inPolitics
Angus King ‘open-minded but skeptical’ about Trump’s latest picks for Cabinet
Meeting with the Press Herald editorial board, the senator calls Rick Perry’s vow to abolish the Energy Department ‘troubling’ and expresses concern about Rex Tillerson’s ties to Russia.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Defensive Veterans Affairs chief fails to justify agency’s secrecy
Given concerns about the quality of VA care, it’s wise to question an undisclosed internal evaluation program.
Posted inMaine, News
Toy Fund: Longtime donors know the pain of poverty
As children, some Toy Fund contributors were bypassed by Santa.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Brunswick should move ahead with express bus service
As the numbers of drivers and crashes on Interstate 295 keep rising, commuters need another option.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Despite assurance to the contrary, services to disabled worsening
Maine’s cost-cutting can only be accomplished at a huge cost to the intellectually challenged.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Colby to launch internships in sustainability and climate change
The Buck Environment and Climate Change Lab, funded by Sandy and Sissy Buck of Cumberland Foreside, will help place students in research settings in Maine and elsewhere.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Leave your upper-class bubble and connect with working-class struggles
The book ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ sheds light on a broad world that the ‘leadership class’ tends to discount.