Letters

Published
January 28, 2019

Letter to the editor: Carbon tax makes things more costly

The only thing any carbon tax is going to do is make everything more costly. Anyway, why must we pay the price when China and India are the ones that put more CO2 into the air, neutralizing anything Maine does? What good is cutting electrical costs when senior citizens freeze and go hungry because their […]
Published
January 28, 2019

Letter to the editor: Heavily fine those who employ illegals

I am in complete disagreement with Sen. Susan Collins’ decision to support funding to build a wall to prevent illegal immigration. The way to prevent illegal immigration is for the government to heavily fine those who employ illegals. Sadly, the government has never done this, under either Republican or Democratic administrations. Instead of spending money […]
Published
January 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Proposed constitutional amendment would hurt democratic process

State Sen. Brad Farrin's proposal also is unrealistic.
Published
January 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Amid opioid crisis, doctors ignore real pain of patients

I injured my rotator cuff and am entering my 12th week of agony because my doctor won’t give me any painkillers. Many is the night I go to sleep crying because the pain is so unbearable. There has got to be a better way of dealing with this opioid crisis than what the doctors are […]
Published
January 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Kaepernick, his peers should join real world

I am somewhat amused by the outcry from people in the entertainment industry demanding that other entertainers boycott participation in the Super Bowl halftime show in support of Colin Kaepernick. One such “entertainer,” comedian Amy Schumer, went as far as to say she would not appear in any Super Bowl commercials. How narcissistic and naïve […]

Published
January 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Hiding problem priests shows church’s failure

Both Cheverus High School in Portland and Scranton Prep in Pennsylvania, two relatively obscure Jesuit schools, served to house predatory men, as many as five at a time. When the Jesuits published the names, I knew several, including some who had been guests at my home. Bill Nemitz illustrates this point in his Jan. 20 […]
Published
January 27, 2019

Letter to the editor: Kids need cursive skill to read historical texts

I read with interest your article concerning cursive writing (“In a digital world, cursive whooshes back into the classroom,” Jan. 6). When my son was a young student in the Portland school system, I began teaching him cursive. Subsequently, his teacher told me that students were not taught or encouraged to write or read in […]
Published
January 26, 2019

Letter to the editor: USM, city will gain from new name

We should be willing to embrace change when change is needed.
Published
January 26, 2019

Letter to the editor: Changing USM’s name is an ill-conceived idea

Those suggesting a change in name from the University of Southern Maine to the University of Maine at Portland (Jan. 14) have perhaps not considered the negative impact of such a change. It would be inaccurate and confusing to give the university a Portland-only label, when it also has campuses in Gorham and Lewiston. For […]
Published
January 26, 2019

Letter to the editor: Did MAGA hats trigger writer’s level of bias?

I just read Leonard Pitts’ Jan. 23 column – ” ‘MAGA’ teen video, and subsequent reaction, depicts a broken nation” – and man, did he show his bias! I only wish he had viewed the longer video that shows the Black Hebrew Israelites cursing those kids in the most vile way and yelling, “Build a […]

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