Since 2019, the number of people who go to bed hungry each night has almost tripled from 135 million to 345 million. Food prices have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine has exacerbated this and, coupled with historic drought, these factors have pushed millions of people to […]

I think it is ironic that the runoff election for the Senate seat in Georgia, to be held in early December, will highlight a contest between one of the least qualified and one of the most qualified candidates for national office in recent memory. Happening by itself, in the absence of other national and local […]

Now that Paul LePage has become a footnote in the sad history of what has happened to the Republican Party, it is nevertheless obvious that he still has the power to shock. His parting shot, the suggestion that “Maine voters cared more about abortion than their wallets,” demonstrates the poisonous lies politicians of his kind […]

It was exciting to read that school districts across Maine were awarded funds to purchase electric school buses, and in particular that the Wells-Ogunquit school district will be able to replace all but one of its diesel buses. Not only will these buses carry much lower maintenance costs, they’ll also emit zero pollution, creating a […]

I’m responding to the Oct. 30 article by Tux Turkel (“Winter heating forecast: A perfect storm of high prices, tight supply, global chaos”). Absent in this article was any mention of the Jones Act, a 100-year-old law that restricts domestic trade to U.S.-built vessels. In 1920, lawmakers thought this legislation would protect U.S. shipyards from […]

Three points in response to your superb Oct. 2 editorial commending Maine’s action to reduce PFAS contamination in view of threats to the Clean Water Act (“Our View: Honor Clean Water Act’s 50 years with efforts to emulate it”). First, it is true that minuscule amounts of PFAS chemicals are damaging to human health. Because […]

Paul LePage finally said something I agree with. He said if heating oil was not more important than abortion then, “I should never have gotten into politics.” What he’s really saying is that if what the people want isn’t what he wants, he should never have gotten into politics. I agree; he should never have […]

Regarding the recent Maine Voices column by Charles Todorich (“Time to stop the leftist tail from wagging the American dog,” Nov. 4), I am a “traditional liberal,” whom Todorich implores to join his conservative colleagues in helping to “save America,” by rejecting the progressive left. I’m excited that Mr. Todorich wants to work with us […]