International trade is a two-way street. We have imports and exports. We must sell exports in order to buy imports. When we cannot, we have trade deficits. Those nations that have high tariffs and only export goods are practicing mercantilism, getting rich on our trade deficits. This is what the 18th-century French economist Jean-Baptiste Say […]

The recent storm and resultant power outages are evidence that the current utility policies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine are grossly deficient in that they do not require that utility electrical lines be placed underground. There is absolutely no excuse for sagging power lines to cause the closure of Interstate 95, an essential and […]

I am writing to comment on MaineGeneral Medical Center’s recent decision to downsize its Diabetes and Nutrition Care Center because reimbursement rates are too low. Diabetes is a major health problem, the seventh leading cause of death in our country, and a disease (like many other chronic illlnesses) whose outcomes can be improved by early […]

The president is again demonstrating that he only cares for the wealthy 1 percent millionaires in this country, like himself, and not for the rest of us. Look at his proposed 2019 federal budget. His discretionary spending plan calls for 61 percent of our tax money to go to the military, to protect big corporations […]