Andrew Brown of Bath makes the argument that if more taxes were collected from higher earners on Social Security, the program would remain solvent (“Making the wealthy pay payroll tax will solve Social Security deficit,” May 10). I am reminded of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Heinz dilemma, which asks, as a way to determine the level of […]
In a letter, Sara Lennon, of the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, argues that it is appropriate to add teaching about genocide and the Holocaust into middle school science education (“Students can do this,” Dec. 16). She mentions the fact that “people expressed concern that students are too young to learn about such […]
I expect I’m not alone in being exasperated when I read Sept. 19 that Ronald Harding received a six-year sentence as a result of his son’s “inflicted injuries,” while Paul DeForest received a 32-year sentence for killing his girlfriend. While Harding received a six-year sentence, Shawna Gatto was given 50 years in 2019 for killing […]