Hats off to Jacqueline Sartoris for her well-written opinion piece (“Encampments are not conducive to connection, community,” Dec. 6). Her compassionate viewpoints and the realities she presented place me firmly in her camp of beliefs. Davies Allan Westport Island

Maya Angelou stated, “When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.” Ex-President Trump has been showing who he is for years. History defines the present. He was dangerous when in office for four years and will be seriously more dangerous if he ever comes close to the White House again. Listen […]

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a White House chief of staff, and many others who worked for the ex-president defeated in 2020 have characterized him as often out of control, ill-informed, impulsive, dangerous. Yet citizens will vote for this man anyway, in spite of indictments and in spite of knowing “the big […]

I was disturbed to read the commentary in the Maine Sunday Telegram by Anita Chabria, (“What the Pelosi attack reveals about hate and conspiracy,” Dec. 3). There seems to be an unrelenting flow of bizarre conspiracy theories pouring into certain social media outlets about the LGBTQ community, leaving some to wonder, who are these LGBTQ […]

Earlier this week, I learned that Maine has a budget surplus of $265 million. Today, I learned that multiple shelters throughout the state are facing a budget shortfall on the order of $4 million. With rents rising and homeless encampments appearing all over the state, it should be a no-brainer for the state to use […]

Reading about the state’s projected surplus of $265 million brings to mind better ways to use that money than send checks to lower-income Maine taxpayers (which we’ve done twice). Perhaps the state could give overdue raises to all its employees. This could help keep our roads safe in winter, improve foster child oversight and make […]

Whether Democrat, Republican or independent, it is crucial this year to set aside policy differences and unite to save democracy in the United States. Whether pro- or against abortion, pro-Ukraine funding or against it, pro-big government or against it, pro-Palestine or pro-Israel, it doesn’t matter. What matters is ensuring that Donald Trump gets nowhere near […]

President Ronald Reagan once noted that his opponents did indeed have a right to their own opinions, but he complained that they did not have a right to their own facts. Such is my view in response to a letter writer’s suggestion (“Founders got it wrong on guns,” Dec. 4) that the Second Amendment be […]