Leif Hellstedt’s May 24 letter was right. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden should support a ban on weapons that are specifically designed for only one thing: to kill as many people as possible very quickly. They are only appropriate for military use. Leif is correct, these weapons leave us all […]

I am going to vote “no” on Question A. The campaign being waged by the landlord-backed Rental Housing Alliance is deceitful. This organization claims it wants to fix the rent control ordinance. What it really wants is to chip away at it, so as to render it ineffective. Now a landlord-backed group, the Committee to […]

What an outstanding series: “Long Way Home” (May 22-27). I’ve been riveted by the good writing, pictures and stories about our new Mainers. It’s not just heartwarming news in these difficult news days; it’s a call to action. With the influx of so many new asylum seekers and our native homeless issues, it highlights how […]

I find it interesting to note that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent flurry of anti-trans laws in Florida are in agreement with Islamic doctrine and Shariah law in Pakistan. As The Associated Press reported in the May 21 Maine Sunday Telegram (“Trans activists plan to appeal Islamic court’s ruling that guts a law protecting their rights,” […]

Reporter Steve Craig’s well-researched and thoughtful article about the declining participation in Little League baseball in Maine and around the country (“Where have you gone, Little Leaguers?” May 28) saddens me as a lifelong baseball fan – but it hardly surprises me. With the growing year-round emphasis on every sport and with for-profit travel team […]

Thank you for the beautiful series “Long Way Home” (May 22-27), highlighting the complexity and humanity behind the headlines of the immigration crisis. I want to underscore how fortunate we are to have a robust and dynamic ecosystem of immigrant-led and immigrant-serving nonprofit organizations here in Maine serving on the frontlines of this crisis. Leaders […]

Most weeks the Insight section of the Telegram’s print edition presents Jim Fossel‘s and Victoria Hugo-Vidal‘s columns side by side, implying some kind of equivalency or parallelism. Lately, several letter writers have complained about the lack of logic in the Fossel column. Though accurate, that’s not the issue. One of these paired columns is full […]

Last week the Press Herald listed Portland’s Memorial Day parade to start at 2 p.m. at Longfellow School and proceeding on to Evergreen Cemetery. The first words spoken by the emcee were: “Welcome to the Deering Center Decoration Day ceremonies.” Not once during the ceremonies was the City of Portland mentioned, nor did I note […]

For two generations, rent control laws have been a fact of American life. The early adopters, like Cambridge and San Francisco, have detailed property use records, and their long history has enabled elegant research into the usefulness of control ordinances. The results are in. The two stomach-churning findings for control advocates? Rent control soon discriminates […]