Letters
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PublishedMarch 27, 2019
Letter to the editor: First, U.S. must repay its moral debt to Native Americans
Our government's history of genocide starts with indigenous people, so restitution should be delayed no longer.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Letter to the editor: Portland school officials failing to fulfill austerity pledge
A chance to reduce costs without sacrificing quality is wasted, a reader says.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Letter to the editor: Implication of stars in college scandal another example of affluenza
It goes without saying that no celebrity should be expected to be perfect at all times; after all, they’re people too! It isn’t a lot to ask, however, that they refrain from engaging in fraudulent criminal behavior. By allegedly using their fame and wealth to scam the system and ensure that, regardless of merit, their […]
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Letter to the editor: Claims about benefits of popular vote come up short
In her March 19 op-ed, “Popular vote is what Americans want, and it’s what will work” (Page A5), Jill Ward made self-serving assessments that are totally off base and flatly wrong. To be accurate, the popular vote for president is what Democrats want, as twice they have come up on the short end of the […]
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Letter to the editor: Don’t open door to JROTC instruction in Maine high schools
L.D. 750 will allow Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructors to teach in Maine high schools without state certification. JROTC is effective as a military recruiting program, the U.S. Department of Defense has acknowledged. The U.S. has signed the U.N. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, one purpose of which […]
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Case shows need for justice reform
Why are there only two possible outcomes – juvenile offender released at age 21 or adult facing 25 to life – for Dominic Sylvester?
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Falmouth’s rezoning harms the environment
For all of the Falmouth Town Council’s “environmental protection” speak, and the millions of taxpayer dollars spent buying acres of inland land for conservation in the already protected Rural District (reducing the tax base), it is impossible to understand councilors’ reluctance to repeal the reckless 2016 rezoning that incentivizes density in new “growth” districts along […]
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Delayed jet grounding, gift to Trump linked
In the March 16 Los Angeles Times editorial, a number of possible factors are listed that do, or may, help explain why the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ground the Boeing 737 Max planes was so delayed. One factor is what President Trump and people at Boeing talked about between the time of the first […]
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Letter to the editor: Right to life movement limits life-saving efforts
Teresa McCann-Tumidajski of the Maine Right to Life Committee wrote a clear op-ed (March 21) on why she would like Maine to not enlarge women’s right to abortions. I understand the point of view of her and other right-to-lifers. I agree that life is sacred. What I would like to know is: Where are the […]
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PublishedMarch 24, 2019
Letter to the editor: Topical wit now scarce on comics pages
Timely references have been all but absent since 'Non Sequitur' was dropped.
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