Regarding the Sept. 1 Chicago Tribune commentary, “Who bears the responsibility for decisions about Alzheimer’s treatment?”: In addition to the points made regarding Alzheimer’s treatment, it is also time we allow people to make advanced care directive choices when it comes to dementia. My mother had her future care all planned out – until she […]

In response to a recent letter regarding the Electoral College and National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (“Letter to the editor: Past time to popularize the popular vote,” Aug. 27): It’s all about how America is structured and organized. I must differ with the writer. The country is actually very divided over this compact. Today, the 16 […]

I was deeply saddened and appalled by the events in Hollis last week that seriously injured four members of the Maine State Police. This is a tragic reminder that troopers, sheriff’s deputies and local officers are out there, 24/7, regardless of the situation, doing their best to serve and protect. Law enforcement seldom gets positive […]

Our primary schools have creatively saved taxpayer money at our youngest learners’ and teachers’ expense. My mother, an educator in Scarborough for 42 years, spent her last 13 years in Scarborough teaching in a portable trailer. She retired eight years ago, and the now 21-year-old portable trailer remains in use today. Our primary and middle […]

Kudos to columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal for her brilliant and righteous takedown of Rep. Jared Golden’s diatribe on student loan forgiveness (The Maine Millennial, Aug. 27). She takes issue with Golden’s definition of “working class” and his suggestion that young people “join the Marines” as a way to get a college education or “join a union […]

In response to Dr. Andrew Egan’s Aug. 26 letter in support of the misguided legislation S. 2070/H.R. 3347, I would like to better inform readers as well as Dr. Egan of who certified registered nurse anesthetists are and what they do. CRNAs are bachelor-prepared registered nurses who work in intensive care units and then go […]

At a time when Maine is struggling for teachers and health care workers, including physicians, Rep. Jared Golden’s jeremiad (Aug. 18) against college-educated people is wrong on so many levels. In both his tweet on X and his follow-up essay on Substack, he insults college-educated people and overestimates how much income they typically make. Do […]

God wants our attention. God wants to tell us something we didn’t know previously. How does God get our attention? By showing us great and amazing things inside of us and outside of us. There are many wondrous and awe-inspiring experiences on our home planet Earth. It really is a wonderful world. It is so […]