Regarding Paul LePage’s call for Janet Mills to step down while running for governor (Aug. 7): Did LePage step down or take a leave of absence when he campaigned for re-election in 2014? Is there a double standard here? Thomas Baiocchi Gray
2018
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: No dog at the White House, but Trump knows one when he sees one
Who needs a four-legged friend when the president is surrounded by old pals he now regards as ‘dogs’?
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Commentary: Trump’s failure to condemn bigots overshadows his successes
The president should make clear that he does not accept the support of the ethno-nationalists of the alt-right.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Nomination of Kavanaugh poses threat to female autonomy
I can still picture my mother’s eyes nearly popping out of her head when I asked to go on birth control. I was 16, and though she loved me very much, and she wanted me to own myself and my body the way her generation hadn’t quite been able to, contemplating her only daughter and […]
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Letter to the editor: Don’t freely give benefits of citizenship to whoever asks
Deering High School student Allan Monga’s being allowed to participate in a national poetry recital contest previously reserved for American citizens was presented as something to be celebrated, and I guess from the perspective of Mr. Monga (an asylum-seeker from Zambia), it was a sort of victory. It seemed to me, however, as a kind […]
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Letter to the editor: It’s the Back Cove – no way around it
Despite a growing movement to mislabel the beloved Portland landmark, it will never be called ‘Back Bay.’
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Letter to the editor: Newspaper’s headline minimizes PGA champion Koepka’s victory
The Portland Press Herald handed Brooks Koepka a blatantly backhanded compliment on Page C1 on Monday: Koepka won the PGA Championship; your gigantic headline (“Turning back Tiger”) makes Tiger Woods not winning more important. Give Koepka full credit for his accomplishment, for goodness’ sake! Deborah H. Gould Brunswick
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Letter to the editor: Cooperative federal effort needed to combat climate change
Thank you for publishing the Aug. 12 Center for Public Integrity article on the public health risk of the increased tick population, which links it to climate change and calls out state government for neglecting to address the issue in a comprehensive and timely manner. It is the role of the free press to hold […]
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Tesla’s Musk says stress, overwork taking heavy toll
Electric car maker Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk admitted to The New York Times that stress is taking a heavy toll on him personally in what he calls an “excruciating” year. The newspaper said Musk alternated between laughter and tears during the interview in which he said he was working up to 120 hours a week […]
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