NPR, PBS and CPB would never have lost their taxpayer funding if they followed thejournalistic model of reporting a complete story instead of a partial rendering of the incident orissue to fit a predetermined outcome. As a college radio station newsman in 1970, my manager, a senior, instructed me to collatethe hourly news feed from […]

I agreed with Karen Levine Egee’s op-ed, published back on July 7, that “people are basically good.” As I understand it, however, in America we have been trained by big business to believe that more is better: bigger houses, cars, better clothes, more money, etc. Too much competition. We have become slaves to our wants. […]

Regarding Reuben M. Schafir’s Dec. 7, Page 1 Maine Sunday Telegram story, “The bill has come due Down East,” the only question is: how come a similar situation hasn’t occurred sooner and more often in Maine towns and counties? We send police candidates to an academy to learn the business, lawyers to law schools and […]

For Christians worldwide, this season is a reminder that we are people of hope, not despair. We have a home that transcends this world. Before His crucifixion, Jesus promised His disciples that He would ascend to the Father and prepare a place for believers. He will return to take us to our eternal home, where […]

I am appalled by President Trump’s characterization of all Somalis as “garbage.” A few years ago, I served as an election observer in Lewiston. I watched as dozens of Somalis came to the polling place. Many brought their entire family — grandparents, babies and teenagers —  to watch them cast their vote. Some took selfies […]

I’m hoping that our elected leaders, at both the federal and state levels, look to a health care solution that will work for all Americans, while keeping the costs down. The most evident solution out there now is a single-payer health care system, administered by the government and taking out the corporate profit and high costs that […]