Re: “Exorbitant power bills aren’t just a Maine thing” (March 11): I note that an important question is not being asked: How well insulated were the houses of homeowners who received those exorbitant bills? And what extra steps were taken to conserve electricity? The day after a February blizzard, my family moved into a 65-year-old […]

I would like to comment on a statement made in the March 11 front-page article about the new state unemployment claims system. Morning Sentinel Staff Writer Colin Ellis reported that “high-ranking officials … (were) espousing an attitude that unemployment insurance is ‘welfare.’ ” I was an owner of a small, family-run business for 30 years and […]

We do a serious injustice to the victims of public shootings when we refuse to look deeply at the actual causes behind them. The anti- and pro-gun debate that has exploded is so typical of the partisan, surface-level thinking that permeates all of our media. It’s been weeks, but as far as the conversation has […]