Letters
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PublishedNovember 16, 2017
Letter to the editor: Myanmar leader silent amid atrocities, should be stripped of Nobel
The recent eviction/ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar is all the more disgraceful and shameless because of the silence of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of that country, which is majority Buddhist. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for speaking out against a repressive regime and placed under house […]
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PublishedNovember 16, 2017
Letter to the editor: As Russia investigation closes in on Trump, expect flurry of distractions
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is getting close enough to the president and his family to prompt knees to quiver in the White House. Might this be a good time for Mr. Trump to resolve the threats to his administration by firing Mueller and issuing a flurry of pardons? It would be helpful if public […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2017
Letter to the editor: Unseat lawmakers who won’t implement voter-passed initiatives
There has been a spate of legislators and the governor thwarting the will of voters who passed initiatives and successful referendums. The latest is Medicaid expansion, voted in by a margin of 18 percentage points, which is substantial. The governor has said he’ll refuse to implement it unless the Legislature fully funds the state share […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2017
Letter to the editor: Diplomacy to prevent wars usually needs muscle to back it up
In her Nov. 11 letter to the editor, reader Natasha Mayers of Whitefield reminds us that the Kellogg-Briand Pact, enacted in 1929, remains in effect today. The pact, authored by U.S. Secretary of State Frank Kellogg and French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, attempted to outlaw war and was founded on the hope that diplomacy could […]
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PublishedNovember 15, 2017
Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins’ support of arbitration in bank misconduct complaints hurts consumers
Evidence contradicts some of her reasons for voting to strip Americans of their right to take financial institutions to court.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2017
Letter to the editor: Column published too close to City Council election influenced result
Kudos to the Press Herald for establishing a cutoff date after which campaign-related letters and op-ed pieces will not be accepted. This avoids last-minute surprises that are too late for a candidate or committee to respond to. I only wish you followed the same policy for your own editorial contributions. The last-minute column by Bill […]
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PublishedNovember 14, 2017
Letter to the editor: City council election was lost, but hopefully, candidacy made an impact
On Nov. 7, at-large City Councilor Jill Duson won re-election to the Portland City Council. We congratulate her on her win, and thank her for running an honest campaign. When I announced my candidacy in February, I vowed to myself and my supporters that this would be about much more than getting me elected. Instead, […]
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PublishedNovember 14, 2017
Letter to the editor: Sexual harassment can’t be blamed on Bill Clinton or any one person
Let's hope the trend to step forward and speak out spreads beyond high-profile celebrities to ordinary people in every walk of life.
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PublishedNovember 14, 2017
Letter to the editor: Deaths tied to climate change will keep rising unless action is taken
On Nov. 3, the Trump administration released a comprehensive scientific report that concluded that human activity is the primary contributor to climate change, saying there is “no convincing alternative explanation.” This is quite comical, considering this directly contradicts the stance taken by President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who have rejected climate […]
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PublishedNovember 14, 2017
Letter to the editor: To clarify, artist Zoo Cain is eccentric, but also a serious, helpful person
After reading Eric Russell’s compelling front-page article Nov. 7 about “Brothers,” a documentary that local filmmaker Reggie Groff is making with Mike Norton about Mike, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and his relationship with his brother, J.T., who recently died by suicide after suffering for years with bouts of severe schizophrenia and depression, I’m very […]
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