I flew into Portland last week and carried my bags to the parking garage, where I couldn’t get the elevator to work. I climbed to the second floor and found that, at age 78 — and with two bags — I didn’t want to climb any more. I was out of breath and looking for […]

While reading the March 15 letter to the editor “Trump has America on a success path,” I thought I was reading a letter from Donald J. Trump himself. It was so full of gushing praise, plus comparisons to actual successful past presidents like Roosevelt, Eisenhower, even Abe Lincoln! It was so similar to what we’ve […]

In her Feb. 24  letter, Valerie Dornan offers that the National Health Service in the U.K., despite chronic underfunding, often outperforms the U.S. system. A Commonwealth Fund study, comparing the two, showed that the U.K. comes out ahead by most measures. The NHS is an example of socialized medicine. The facilities are owned and operated by the […]