Letters

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 […]

Published
January 26, 2019

Letter to the editor: Citizen action needed to reduce opioid deaths

In opioid-related deaths per 100,000 residents, New Hampshire is No. 2 nationally, Massachusetts No. 5 and Maine No. 7, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average 2015-2016 increase in overdose deaths was 21.5 percent. In 2016, New Hampshire’s synthetic-opioid overdose rate led […]
Published
January 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Unvaccinated children put others at risk

Maine lawmakers should ensure that youths are immunized as a condition of school entry.
Published
January 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Maine coast at special risk from sea-level rise

Your recent article “Sea-level rise hurting Maine real estate values” (Jan. 22) spoke about the financial cost of sea-level rise to coastal communities but mentioned the cause only in passing. Global warming is accelerating sea-level rise, with disastrous implications for coastal communities. I live in Biddeford, one of the cities hardest hit by sea-level rise, […]
Published
January 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Trump’s victory doesn’t give him wall mandate

In response to Jones Gallagher’s Jan. 17 letter to the editor, in which he contends that President Trump has a mandate to build a wall: Voting for someone does not mean that you support all their ideas. Not everyone who voted for Trump thinks that a wall will improve our border security. “Mandate” implies that […]
Published
January 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Talk of compromise doesn’t apply to this shutdown – it’s extortion

Throughout history, there are examples of two sides coming to an agreement over an issue that they didn’t agree on. The more contentious the issue, the more likely it is that both sides had to give concessions in order for it to be resolved. This is called “compromise.” Unfortunately, what’s going on now is that […]

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