Letters
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Asylum seekers critical to Portland area’s prosperity
I am writing in response to the media and social media attacks on asylum seekers in Portland, who are accused of being a threat to the economic and social vitality of our city and our region. These attacks started with a Wall Street Journal article and quickly spread to Fox News and its anti-immigrant networks. […]
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2019
Letter to the editor: Portland a model of how to treat refugees, asylum seekers
First, the Wall Street Journal article and now the reports from Fox News (“Conservative critics target Portland for its support of asylum seekers,” Feb. 1). Portland deserves to be held up as a model of what can be done, not of wrongdoing. Resources of money and housing, etc., are finite, so a single city can […]
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: Venezuela appears ripe for U.S. interference
In the 1960s through the 1980s, I experienced U.S. involvement in Central and South American politics. Very frightening. Think socialist El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Chile, etc. Think CIA interference and our policies supporting far-right candidates and a slanted mass media reporting same. Now, enter socialist Venezuela, which holds more proven oil reserves than […]
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: Censoring ‘obscene material’ won’t prevent youths from seeing it
Re: “Maine bill to limit ‘obscene material’ in classrooms draws passionate scrutiny” (Feb. 4): Working in a wide variety of settings with youth over the last few years has taught me that teens know much more about sex today than ever before. I am constantly shocked by the graphic nature of conversations happening at lunch […]
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: John Ford article was missing a piece
While I found Ray Routhier’s Jan. 31 article (Page M10) about John Ford and the ongoing statewide festival of his films, “John Ford at 125,” informative and well written, I am, with all due respect, compelled to add something of a missing piece to it. In the fall of 1970, as a new faculty member […]
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
Letter to the editor: Enough already about Tom Brady
Let's celebrate the stars who accomplished just as much with far less.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: John Menario was a true asset to the city of Portland
‘He was like Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise,’ writes a former attorney for the city.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: My uncle told tales about John Ford’s school days
Re: “John Ford 125 Years will delight fans of the legendary Maine-born-and-bred director” (Jan. 31, Page M10): My late Uncle Mike told me, years ago, that he went to Portland High School with the late director John Ford, then known as Sean Feeney, who was a friend and a classmate. They boxed each other in […]
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: Mills on the right track dealing with opioid crisis
We are writing in response to the Feb. 1 letter by Frank Heller regarding Gov. Mills’ approach to the opioid crisis. We applaud his reference to the effectiveness of evidence-based treatments, which can help patients with substance use disorder live healthy and productive lives. However, we object to his statements regarding “a ‘woman’s view’ ” […]
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2019
Letter to the editor: Angela Davis’ opposition to border wall ironic
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited the newly constructed Berlin Wall in 1964, he deemed it to be “very depressing.” Conversely, Erich Honecker, mastermind of the “anti-fascist protection barrier,” touted the structure as a monumental achievement of his regime. In January 1989, the soon-to-be-deposed East German dictator boasted that the barrier, designed, of course, […]
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