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PublishedMay 6, 2024
Letter: L.L.Bean should follow CBD’s move to unionize
I offer my heartfelt, thunderous congratulations to the workers at Coffee By Design for ratifying their union contract. It’s my hope their solidarity will inspire workers at other Maine coffee shops to reach out to Local 327 of the Laborers’ International Union of North America to learn how they, too, can unionize their workplaces. I’d […]
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PublishedMay 6, 2024
Letter: Is this why Americans support Trump?
Turning politics from something done for and by people to something done to them could explain a lot.
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PublishedMay 6, 2024
Letter: No accounting for America’s debt crisis
I see in the newspaper’s April 30 edition that federal lawmakers are preparing a $105 billion spending bill to make air travel safer. This on top of a recent $90-plus billion military aid spending bill … and I could go on. “Spending bills” have become S.O.P. Both political parties keep kicking the tax can down […]
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PublishedMay 5, 2024
Letter: Political parallels between Vietnam and Gaza protests
One aphorism often attributed to Mark Twain is: “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” In other words, while details and circumstances may change, events similar in nature may repeat themselves. The current unrest on our nation’s college campuses remind me of similar events in 1968. The ’68 college protests were in response […]
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PublishedMay 5, 2024
Letter: What about a compromise for the PMA?
After reading a plethora of pro and con articles and commentaries about the Portland Museum of Art’s proposed expansion plans, I was struck by the Maine Sunday Telegram’s April 28 lead story (“Portland Museum of Art hangs its future on fate of neighboring building”) and visuals – especially the visuals. While no architect, I am […]
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PublishedMay 5, 2024
Letter: Violence begets violence
What goes around comes around. Even a patriotic American can see a connection between the millions of people in Asia and the Middle East killed by our bombs and the violence of mass murders here in our country. Our impossible policy of sending weapons to Israel, and at the same time trying get food to […]
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PublishedMay 5, 2024
Letter: Weather forecasting is in the tank
Again, lately, the Channel 8 meteorologists were wrong about the weather forecast. In fact, I find they’re wrong around 50% of the time. They glue themselves to a computer screen and tell us their forecast based on what the computer says. Then, they sensationalize any snow storm, wind storm or extreme weather event, causing people […]
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PublishedMay 5, 2024
Letter: More must be done for mental health in Maine
The outdated federal Institute for Mental Diseases exclusion law, created in 1965, is, by itself, a national security crisis; it harms Americans by denying federal funds for vital mental health services.
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PublishedMay 4, 2024
Letter: Approve PMA’s expansion
I would encourage the city of Portland to approve the Portland Museum of Art’s proposal for its addition, including the demolition of the former Chamber of Commerce building. I love historic architecture. I spent childhood summers in a John Calvin Stevens cottage. But I also worked for architects for 40 years and I understand that […]
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PublishedMay 4, 2024
Letter: Allowing democracy to flourish
Do we share the same trust in our fellow Americans as the founders did?
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