We can’t expect our aging support network to meet rising demand without the necessary resources.
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John Steinbeck was right about the American identity | Letter
It’s an exact, provable thing.
Medicaid fraud is not just a blue state issue | Letter
It’s not hard to agree with James Deyermond (“After State of the Union, Maine is faced with a choice,” March 1) that fraud should be rooted out from government expenditures wherever it occurs. Perhaps there is some fraud in Medicaid payments in Maine. What I find troubling is that Mr. Deyermond, as chairman of the […]
Iran war has gas companies showing their true colors | Letter
They have chosen to gouge American consumers at the pump.
Trump has no regard for our troops | Letter
It’s easy for the president to say, casually and callously, that “American lives will be lost” when it isn’t a member of his family whose life is on the line — for an unauthorized war with no clear plan forward, or logical rationale. My son, who is in the U.S. Navy and right in the […]
The best available law enforcement is local | Letter
Trust is not something that can be flown in from D.C.
It falls to us to protect Maine from measles | Letter
Let’s make sure our kids are vaccinated to prevent an outbreak like those in South Carolina and Utah.
The US is fighting Netanyahu’s war | Letter
The Israeli prime minister has needed a compliant American president to launch his long-desired war against Iran. He found one in Donald Trump.
Here’s how I expect war with Iran began | Letter
How the latest war began. President Trump: Ho hum, I feel kind of bored today and kind of, I don’t know … uneasy. There’s something on my mind, but it’s not that matter that begins with an “E” and ends with an “ein.” I never think about that. Anyway, just for the heck of it, I […]
Maine needs an experienced leader who has paid their dues | Letter
An attractive persona is not enough.