On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed Medicare into law, allowing millions of seniors to access health care. On the occasion of Medicare’s 58th birthday, Medicare is under threat. Efforts to privatize Medicare are eroding this landmark program, allowing the greed of a few to threaten the well-being of us all. The Medicare Advantage program […]

Letter

Another fair, another chance to teach people that abusing animals is acceptable. That’s what’s happening at the Waterford World’s Fair this month; three days promoting the false narrative that animals are put on Earth to entertain humans. The most troublesome of these events are the daily pig scrambles where children, as young as 5 and […]

I was sad to see Tux Turkel, an admirable journalist, rely primarily on Toyota, the world’s leading producer of gasoline and hybrid vehicles, to promote hybrids over electric vehicles (“Is Maine’s drive for all-electric vehicles bad climate policy?” July 16). Numerous studies show that not only are hybrids worse for the environment than EVs, but […]

On the subject of “affordable” housing. Affordable to who? Maine’s affordable housing crisis (“Our View: Despite headway, Maine’s housing crisis is deepening,” July 18) won’t be resolved until we decide to build housing affordable to the people who work in our communities. The Winter Landing and Equinox housing developments in Portland, for example, will provide […]

Second District Rep. Jared Golden recently voted yes on the House bill to fund our military. Makes sense, he is a two-time combat veteran, serving our country in the Marine Corps. He is also a Democrat, which has led questions from liberals on his commitment to trans rights, abortion rights and diversity because of some […]