A new study by Yale epidemiologists in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal “The Lancet” found that Medicare for All, supported by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, “is likely to lead to a 13% savings in national health care expenditure, equivalent to more than $450 billion annually.” (Quote is from the study, “Improving the prognosis of health […]

Coronavirus — is this nation headed toward a health emergency? President Trump has assured us that the virus is “very much under control,” and that the stock market is “starting to look very good to me!” Funds for the Centers for Disease Control have been cut by the Trump administration; the stock market, worldwide, looks […]

Republican policies are a grave danger to every man, woman and child. Conservatives have no room for empathy. For them to cut health care, cut services like ObamaCare, Medicare and Medicaid, not to mention Social Security, isn’t seen as a problem to them. President Trump boasts of his reversing regulatory restraints, like that is a […]

My beloved country is in a rather tense state these days. The man occupying the White House has a lot to do with it. With his offering such frequent evidence, it is easy to conclude he is a cruel human being, using vile language directed at numerous individuals. The damaging effects of the nasty outbursts […]

I am very disappointed in the Concord Coach Lines’ decision to allow ICE agents to check the status of people on their buses. I recently experienced an ICE check. The agents were polite but their process was intimidating. They asked that anyone who was not a U.S. citizen to show documents, passed the likes of […]

I thank both U.S. Reps. Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree for their courage to stand up for working people, yet again, by supporting the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019, which will amend the National Labor Relations Act. Sections of that legislation will prevent the use of replacement workers during a strike and […]

I write in response to Thomas Stretton’s letter (Feb. 25) that was in response to my guest column (Feb. 23). Stretton is correct in one thing — living 2,000 miles away, I cannot possibly know all of the tangible things U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has done for Maine, any more than I can know what […]

A few months ago, a committee met in Augusta to discuss providing every Maine citizen a minimum income, irrespective of their ability to work. If that were not irrational enough, a rule is being contemplated by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to allow a non-binary “X” to be placed on birth certificates, […]

I write in response to the guest column (Feb. 23) by Rep. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred, “Yes, Big Pharma pulls the strings.” I appreciate Rep. Sampson’s public service and her engagement in the debate about exemptions to vaccine requirements in Maine law, but her attack on the integrity of Maine Medical Association member Laura Blaisdell, M.D., […]

I am terribly concerned that Donald Trump considers himself to be above the law. Throughout his term in office, he has flagrantly violated the norms of democracy. What can a concerned Maine Republican voter do to express frustration with this trend? One simple action would be to protest via the ballot box on March 3. […]