It is good to see the Maine Legislature and local communities address the housing crisis. Crisis: “An unstable or crucial time.” For Maine residents who earn too little to meet their housing, food and other essential needs, this crisis is their daily experience, as it is for millions of other Americans. Maine’s housing crisis has […]

It seems that the railroad workers are being chastised for using their right to strike, which is granted by their collective bargaining agreement. No Congress has the right to interfere, no matter what the outcome is. Marty Walsh is the appointed labor secretary and has remained silent on the issue. Marty has been representing the […]

Every moment is a moment to do what is right. Every single moment. No exceptions. As most readers are aware, because of letters and articles from the past year, hundreds of tribal nations in our country receive benefits from over 150 federal laws passed since 1980. Maine’s Wabanaki tribal nations have not benefited from those. […]

Re: The Nov. 27 column “Is Trump finally done?” by Colin Woodard (Page D1): He concluded: “Europe, I said, would be ill advised not to develop contingency plans for a world which they, not us, might be leaders of the free world. Let’s all hope it doesn’t come to that.” Europe and foremost, Germany, have […]

Regarding the Nov. 20 Fraught Fossel Fibs, I am astounded that the Telegram allowed the publication of this column, rife with innuendo and bald misrepresentation, not to mention lack of logical thought progression. In this column, Jim Fossel says mail-in ballots somehow give Democrats an advantage, implying that getting votes in early influences outcomes. Ranked-choice […]

Your arrangement of photos and headline for “Well, Joe, you can’t leave now,” by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch, really ticked me off. Smack dab on the Nov. 20 Insight section front page (Page D1), you ran a two-column picture of Donald Trump in one of his characteristically offensive poses on top of a one-column […]