I was dismayed to read the Sept. 6 column by Republican Bonnie Gould portraying older voters as selfishly interested only in issues that directly impact them. I am a senior, and while I am concerned about Medicare, drug prices and Social Security, I have a much broader array of issues that are relevant when voting […]

In his Sept. 3 letter to the editor (“Biden’s rhetoric defames those who opposed him,” Page A4), Walter J. Eno, a frequent right-wing letter writer, claims: “Never before have I heard such toxic rhetoric from the lips of a president.” Apparently, Mr. Eno must have slept through the presidency of Donald Trump, Mr. Eno’s hero. […]

Paul LePage is quoted (“Virginia Gov. Youngkin stumps for LePage,” Sept. 8, Page B1) as saying, “Democrats are trying to put politicians and bureaucrats between parents and their children.” This fearmongering is part of his platform to give more control over education policy to parents. Yet he has not told us how he would do […]

Whether Janet Mills truly believes that Maine should not join California in banning new gasoline vehicles by 2035, or whether it was politically expedient to avoid frightening a public brought up sucking the teat of the oil industry, the reality is that by 2030, or 2032, or 2033, climate change will have become bad enough […]

Columnist Bonnie Gould (“Older Maine voters are ready to tip the scales in November,” Page A7) and letter writer Jake Hawkins (“Political mudslinging does not edify voters,” Page A6), both published on Sept. 6, mention many issues Maine voters are concerned about, but neither mentions the issue I am most concerned about: climate change. As […]

There are several problems with President Biden’s executive action canceling up to $20,000 in student loan debt, and Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s Sept. 4 Maine Millennial column ignores them all. The president’s selective compassion is an abuse of executive action, terrible precedent, politically dubious and will increase the already-huge budget deficit by at least $200 billion over […]

This year, Central Maine Power and Versant Power have both announced plans to increase rates in 2023. It’s yet another blow to Mainers. They cite rising costs as the reason. Even in a time of record corporate profits, we the consumers are “asked” to make up the difference. By now, you might have heard about […]

The choice in this fall’s elections couldn’t be clearer. Janet Mills and Democrats are sensible leaders who govern well. Thanks to that leadership, Maine has created jobs, combated COVID-19, improved access to health care, increased funding for education, created a balanced budget with a strong surplus, sent relief checks to most Mainers, improved our infrastructure, […]