I read Mr. Fossel’s column each week. I usually do not agree with what he says, but last week’s nonsense about the Electoral College (“Like it or not, Electoral College is effective,” Jan. 21) has forced me to write this. He claims there is no legitimate national popular vote because electoral laws differ from state […]

I would like to commend the Maine Sunday Telegram’s extensive coverage of Maine’s recent storms and future expectations in “How the Maine coast will be reshaped by a rising Gulf of Maine,” by Penelope Overton (Jan. 21). The coastal devastation caused by the recent storms on Dec. 18, Jan. 10 and Jan. 13 wreaked havoc […]

By letting the voters decide Trump’s inclusion in the upcoming presidential election, we are, in effect, invalidating the written Constitution, in particular the 14th Amendment Sec. 3, the so-called insurrection clause. If that clause had not been put in, then Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy, could have run for the presidency. Section 3 […]

The Portland Museum of Art is behaving dangerously like a large multi-national corporation with shareholders in its disregard for local ordinances. And it appears to be taking lessons in strategy from certain political quarters with the outlandish claim that 142 Free St. is an emblem of Jim Crow because of its Greek Revival faςade’s makeover, […]

We are in a health care crisis. I work as a social worker in Portland and today I tried to help one of my clients get connected to a primary care doctor because he has a growth on his chest that may be cancerous. I called all the major providers in the area. The earliest […]

An estimated 60% of female high school students and 30% of male high school students struggle with depression and thoughts of self-harm, according to an NBC poll conducted this year. The study suggests that a majority of people who seek mental health therapy are unable to obtain help. As a mental health therapist, I can […]

Ben Gilman said it best in the Jan. 11 opinion piece, “Home visiting and child care are vital to Maine kids’ well-being.” I’ve worked for the early care and education center, Youth & Family Outreach, for seven years and my children have both attended. As a mother, I am grateful for the community and village […]