On first reading about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary win, I became ecstatic, even though much of the media saw it as a flash in the pan. Now she has, as per the headline on the Dec. 23 Katrina Vanden Heuvel column, proposed an economic incentive that “might just save the world.” One of my heroes, Bernie […]

It was deeply disappointing to read the announcement on Page S1 Dec. 30 that you have canceled the Source section of the Maine Sunday Telegram, especially Marina Schauffler’s Sea Change column. If you believe, as Source Editor Peggy Grodinsky said, that we face critical environmental issues at this moment (perhaps as never before), why ever […]

I’m sad to see that the Source section will be going away (From the Editor, Dec. 30, Page S1). In my opinion, it was the best part of the paper because it wasn’t political. Sherry Stine Thomaston

Maine isn’t a bunch of rich people. Energy poverty is a real factor. Central Maine Power isn’t the only enemy of the impoverished electricity consumers who are finding it impossible to keep up with monthly power bills. A recently opened case before the Public Utilities Commission involving sudden, higher-than-ordinary bills contains startling comments from 278 […]

Re: “The LePage legacy” (Dec. 30, Page A1): On his way out the door to Florida, Paul LePage leaves Maine trailing the other New England states in education, access to health care and capital investment, while the state leads New England in the percentage of households experiencing hunger and food insecurity. Maine is desperately in […]