If you ask laypeople to explain the role of Emergency Medical Services, most people will say, “Oh, you mean the people who drive the ambulance?” or “They are the ones that come to my house and take me to the hospital in an emergency.” Unfortunately, there is not a widespread understanding of the role of […]

The choices facing us in November’s gubernatorial election are nicely framed by two pieces in the May 13 Maine Sunday Telegram. On the front page, the news article “Republican field pledges to follow LePage’s lead” describes a field of Republican candidates unified in their opposition to Medicaid (MaineCare) expansion. In a commentary on Page D1, […]

The Endangered Species Act has faced dozens of legislative attacks in Congress recently, with the most recent one showing up in this year’s version of the Farm Bill. The latest proposal would allow pesticides to be approved without considering the harm they pose to endangered species, essentially making it legal to kill an endangered species […]

In his TV ads, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin always talks about his love for seniors, but he rarely talks about specific policies. It turns out, there’s a reason for that. The Republican tax bill that Poliquin supported will create a massive deficit that triggers automatic cuts of $25 billion to Medicare. That’s a cut of […]

As a citizen of Portland for more than 30 years, during which I taught at the Maine College of Art, I read with interest your article about the Bayside neighborhood hitting “rock bottom,” and the letters that followed a week later, in the May 13 Maine Sunday Telegram. What strikes me about the debate over […]

The abominable weakness of the May 13 lead editorial, “No easy call on Haspel, as Collins-King split shows,” is a disgrace to the newspaper and to all of us. After a long trek down the “We-could-do-worse” road, you recommend Gina Haspel’s confirmation as CIA director and end with a squeaky little “We hope we’re right.” […]