The Sept. 18 Telegram article by reporter Tux Turkel, about Central Maine Power’s request for an estimated $10-per-month rate increase to cover significant transmission network expansions, nicely illuminates a fundamental 21st-century political reality: Nobody wants to pay today to mitigate tomorrow’s large, unavoidable climate dangers. The underlying environmental reality is that the planned (and necessary) […]

I recently had open heart surgery at Maine Medical Center. It was quite an experience. First, the notion that one’s heart can be removed from the body and that surgeons use a vein to bypass blockages in one’s heart is complex enough and risky enough to give patients concern, to say the least. That surgeons […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is responsible for enforcing the Animal Welfare Act, which sets standards for the humane treatment and care of animals at certain federally licensed facilities. The USDA, however, has repeatedly failed in its duty to ensure that dogs and puppies in USDA-licensed facilities, like puppy mills, receive the basic care that […]

Re: “Out with a bang: Brunswick companies to blast human, pet remains into space” (Oct. 6, Page C1): If there was ever an example for the need of a carbon tax, the business plan by Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace and Northern Lights Space Exploration to launch the remains of humans and pets into space is it. […]

I am writing in support of electing Democratic Rep. Teresa Pierce to the Maine Senate, and Town Councilor Amy Kuhn, also a Democrat, to the Maine House of Representatives. In recent years, both Teresa and Amy represented Falmouth citizens thoughtfully and effectively as they dealt with difficult and challenging issues facing the state and the […]

I’m a one-issue voter. I vote for the planet. The climate crisis is the most urgent and critical issue we face. Like Hurricane Ian, increasingly powerful storms are evidence that the climate crisis is here – there’s no time to waste. We need leaders who fight for solutions. So, I’m supporting incumbent Democrat Anne Carney […]

The economy and high prices are hurting all of us across the state and nation. Once President Biden’s rescue money is all spent, Maine will be left holding the bag with programs that cannot fund themselves. We need to vote in legislators who know how to balance a checkbook, without living on borrowed time and […]