Letters to the Editor

4 months ago

Investing in America

To the editor:
Mr. Freeman stated in his letter to The County on April 30 that “President Trump inherited a good economy in 2025, with strong job growth and with inflation dropping from a peak of 9.1 percent in June 2022 to 2.9 in December 2024, partly due to the skillful guidance of federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.”

4 months ago

Beware of crypto scams

To the editor:
It is very likely that most Mainers, even if they have never used a cryptocurrency ATM, have seen them in neighborhood grocery stores, convenience stores or liquor stores.

4 months ago

It is Trump’s economy now

To the editor:

In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt stood on his steel-braced legs in front of 100,000 cheering supporters in Philadelphia and denounced the “economic royalists.”

4 months ago

Are we still the greatest nation?

To the editor:
For a long time, the Republican Party has been one of the loudest voices of American exceptionalism. No more.

5 months ago

An Easter musing

I feel it was Thomas with his “I won’t believe until I am shown” attitude who stood in for us on a very special day.

5 months ago

Save the federal drug pricing program

To the editor:
Maine’s health care system is facing a crisis, with hospitals and community health centers struggling to stay afloat.

6 months ago

Greenland or Loring?

To the editor:
As the current president blusters about seizing Greenland for America’s national defense, maybe every resident in Aroostook County can call the White House and remind them of Loring Air Force Base.