Letters

Published
February 19, 2018

Letter to the editor: Lawyer makes dubious defense of David Sorensen

A Portland Press Herald front-page article Feb. 12, “Former Trump aide’s accuser hunkers down amid publicity,” quoted divorce lawyer Joanne Fryer. Ms. Fryer contends that it was clear to her that Jessica Corbett, former wife of White House speechwriter David Sorensen, was not the victim of domestic abuse. I would be most interested to know […]
Published
February 19, 2018

Letter to the editor: Let track coverage leap to the forefront

The Press Herald's attention seems to favor other sports.
Published
February 19, 2018

Letter to the editor: Second Amendment doesn’t stand test of time

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution creates the right to “keep and bear arms.” When it was ratified, state-of-the-art firearms were muzzle loading-flintlocks. A skilled marksman could get off about one shot per minute. He could be disarmed in the time it took him to reload if he was killing his friends and neighbors. […]
Published
February 19, 2018

Letter to the editor: Those with mental issues shouldn’t be so stigmatized

In the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, the president’s Feb. 15 tweet “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed” in effect placed the responsibility for gun-related violence on citizens’ failure to identify disturbed individuals who are likely to commit heinous acts. This is, at best, an ignorant and myopic […]
Published
February 18, 2018

Letter to the editor: One simple change would brake illegal immigration

Re: “Letter to the editor: Stemming the influx of immigrants is first priority” (Feb. 11): The solution suggested is the same ineffective, generalized concept thrown around, including the overestimated numbers of so-called “illegals” and the 13th-century strategy (ask the Chinese, East Germans and Romans how well walls work). More positively, the solution to much of […]

Published
February 18, 2018

Letter to the editor: What will it take to stem gun violence in America?

The Valentine’s Day (and Ash Wednesday) massacre in a Parkland, Florida, high school was one of 18 shootings at American schools this year, and one of eight in which the shooter injured or killed other people. And it’s only February. The Gun Violence Archive reports 30 nationwide mass shooting incidents – where four or more […]
Published
February 18, 2018

Letter to the editor: Art critic’s conversation failed PMA Biennial’s diversity

I wholeheartedly agree with reviewer Dan Kany’s praise for artists in the Portland Museum of Art 2018 Biennial (Feb. 4), but his self-professed goal of conducting a respectful conversation about diversity rings false in light of his tone-deaf comments throughout, especially about the work of Gina Adams. Adams presents an installation of four antique quilts […]
Published
February 18, 2018

Letter to the editor: The left, too, should listen to opposing viewpoints

Regarding James D. Herbert’s Maine Voices column in the Maine Sunday Telegram on Feb. 11 (“Just another echo chamber? Higher education’s identity crisis”): I have to say that this is a refreshing point of reason that those with differing views (the left) should heed. When the closed ears and unwillingness to listen to and debate […]
Published
February 18, 2018

Letter to the editor: Give us liberty from liberal elite faculty

A Maine college president's call for more conservative professors is right on.
Published
February 17, 2018

Letter to the editor: A front-page valentine to Gov. LePage?

This newspaper should present the governor in an upbeat and positive manner.

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