Thousands of Mainers struggle to afford health care coverage. With Congress unwilling to renew Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) subsidies or provide a reasonable alternative, premiums on the Maine marketplace are set to increase 30 to 100%. Many will select a high-deductible plan or skip insurance altogether.  Obamacare made health insurance accessible to a broad swath […]

Why do I not support Donald Trump? Joe Grant, in his Jan. 18 letter (“We should be willing to give the Trump administration its due“), left out a lot.  Trump’s character judgment is terrible. Since a young man, he has surrounded himself with criminals. His mentor Roy Cohn, who worked with Joseph McCarthy, died a disbarred […]

Maine has never demonized its entire community for the actions of a few bad actors within our ranks. We owe the same consideration to the Somali community in Lewiston, Portland, the state of Minnesota and beyond. In 2023, Martin’s Point Health Care was fined $22.5 million for making false Medicare claims. This was the largest […]

There has been a huge lack of coverage of high school skiing this season, particularly Nordic.  And there have been some missed opportunities for some good stories: The Roy Varney Hornet Classic, held for the first time at the Maine Outdoor Wellness Center in Turner, the place that Roy dreamed of having. And, a Leavitt […]

In 2001, the George W. Bush administration placed hundreds of individuals and organizations on the nation’s list of terrorists and terrorist organizations. Most of those names and organizations were extremist Islamic groups with histories of violence. So, it came as a shock to me when Greenpeace, an organization with a track record of nonviolent civil […]

Taylor West’s Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed about present-day politics (Jan. 18) clarified my thoughts about electing Graham Platner to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate. Some 20 years ago, Platner was unaware of the validity of military women’s concerns of sexism and maltreatment, until he gained increased awareness of the disrespect and abuse many women experience.  […]

All our political leaders and candidates are angry, but none are offering any solutions. It’s embarrassing and discouraging to think that the future of our country is in the hands of a bunch of partisan hacks who gain their votes by spewing vitriolic rhetoric and sowing division at every possible opportunity, all for political gain. […]

Born and raised in Denmark, a socioeconomic and politically stable environment, I never anticipated the wild ride we are experiencing today. A lot of people still do not fully understand just how deranged U.S. President Donald Trump is, and why he is even more dangerous and unpredictable today than he has ever been. Looking at […]