Letters
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2018
Letter to the editor: Left-leaners way too quick to judge our fine Sen. Collins
I have been closely following the interviews with and votes and comments of our hardworking and well-liked Sen. Susan Collins. But, at the same time, I’ve also been observing the reaction of Maine voters to things related to the senator’s choices. Certain groups (mostly the protest-happy) will turn on her most easily. Sen. Collins is […]
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
Letter to the editor: Action on climate change prevents expensive disasters caused by extreme weather
With extreme weather increasingly common, we need to act now.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
Letter to the editor: Tell Congress: We want diplomacy, not war drums
On New Year’s Day, I read two tiny but profound articles on Page A3 of the Press Herald. Together they spoke volumes about our world. In the first article, Pope Francis bid farewell to 2017 during a prayer service by decrying the wars, injustices and many other man-made ills that ruined the year. He emphasized […]
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
Letter to the editor: Trump’s tax bill gives break to ‘lobster packers’ of the world
In his most recent column, Greg Kesich wrote about a 21-year-old from Lincoln County who was working 60 to 80 hours per week packing lobster for $10 an hour around the time of the 2012 election. This industrious young man said that he was working too hard to think about politics, but if he made […]
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2018
Letter to the editor: When it comes to solving big societal problems, love just works better
In our justified moral outrage at Donald Trump’s racist and mean-spirited tweets and policies, we sometimes overlook the practical argument that it just works better to treat people with respect. I call this “the pragmatics of love.” It just works better to share the wealth enough so that everyone is fed, housed and healthy. People […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: Plagued by incompetence, Republicans blame the other party
Don't expect Donald Trump, his minions or our own governor to hold themselves accountable when things go wrong.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: People with temporary protected status contribute much to our country
Temporary protected status is granted to people coming here from countries affected by earthquakes, severe hurricanes or war. According to a recent report from the Center for Migration Studies: • Over 90 percent of the people with this status are from El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti. • About 30 percent are homeowners. • Over half […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: Legislature has to take lead in upgrading Maine’s electricity grid
Gov. LePage falsely claims that pro-solar policies are supported by out-of-state groups and highly paid lobbyists, while in fact the exact opposite is the case. I was one of many ordinary Mainers who took time out last year to testify in support of net metering. We weren’t paid one red cent to do so. We […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2018
Letter to the editor: Do as Matt Dunlap did and expose Trump’s deceptions
Congratulations to Secretary of State Matt Dunlap for his tenacious key role in helping to expose the now-defunct presidential voter fraud commission for the travesty it has been from the start. And kudos to reporter Colin Woodard and the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for several well-documented stories extensively describing Dunlap’s shift from a Democratic […]
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2018
Letter to the editor: Vietnam protesters despised rampant greed, not America
In Charles Todorich’s Jan. 9 letter, he equates patriotism with “unconditional love of country,” describing those who protested the war in Vietnam as “educated elites” (agreeing with another writer) who were “easy prey (for) the anti-American orthodoxy of liberal academia.” The demonstrations took place not because we were “easy prey,” but because we were expected, […]
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