Letters

Published
February 20, 2017

Letter to the editor: Trump’s approval rating of 38 percent seems awfully high

You’d think an optimist like me would be cheered by Donald Trump’s historically high disapproval rating of 56 percent and low approval rating of 38 percent, but instead I just feel alienated and disheartened to realize that four out of 10 of my fellow Americans still approve of this abysmal president. Are we really of […]
Published
February 19, 2017

Letter to the editor: Republican Party no longer  a good fit for Sen. Collins

In his column of Feb. 12, Bill Nemitz explains why Sen. Susan Collins is our hope for “Senate sanity.” Sen. Collins seems to be facing the dilemma of trying to do what she thinks is right while trying to remain an effective voice in the Republican Senate caucus. It is clear that the national Republican […]
Published
February 19, 2017

Letter to the editor: Check rating on LED packaging

The Feb. 5 Maine Sunday Telegram Source section included a Sea Change column by Marina Schauffler about concerns with the use of LED lighting and concerns about blue light in different environments. What the column did not say is that most LED lights sold for home use are rated at 2700 Kelvin, or equal to […]
Published
February 19, 2017

Letter to the editor: Trump’s immigration order  targets the wrong groups

Preventing terrorism necessitates the banning of people who may be a likely threat, but President Trump is targeting the wrong group. There have not been any attacks by refugees or immigrants from the countries banned. There are two groups of people who do have a history of having engaged in terrorism. The most important group […]
Published
February 19, 2017

Letter to the editor: Column ignores nuances of climate change science

Alan Caron addressed climate change in his Jan. 22 Maine Sunday Telegram column, declaring “we” are “ill-informed.” He sees fossil fuel burning over the last 100 years as the major culprit. Evidence is that 2016 was the warmest year on record, yet the increase over 2015 was 0.04 degrees Celsius (0.072 degrees Fahrenheit). The years […]

Published
February 19, 2017

Letter to the editor: Doctors’ group opposes repeal of ACA

The American College of Physicians is a group of physicians trained in internal medicine (internists). The group is the largest medical specialty organization in the U.S., providing primary care as well as medical subspecialty care. There are 487 American College of Physicians members practicing in Maine; the majority provide primary care. With our collective knowledge […]
Published
February 18, 2017

Letter to the editor: Prohibition of opioids fails, so let’s try new approach

We have an opioid crisis in Maine, as evidenced by the number of overdose deaths. President Richard Nixon declared “The War on Drugs” on June 18, 1971. That’s over 45 years ago! It didn’t work. It didn’t work for Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan (“Just say no”), George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. […]
Published
February 18, 2017

Letter to the editor: Spotlight bill for commission to probe Russian involvement in election

It’s been quite a week for the Russian military: Last Friday, Russian military jets buzzed the USS Porter; on Tuesday, a Russian spy ship was spotted off the coast of Delaware, and there has been confirmed movement of banned advanced cruise missiles within Russian borders. While this saber rattling is front-page news, I don’t see […]
Published
February 18, 2017

Letter to the editor: Lockman USM controversy shows how words matter

At the University of Southern Maine last week, Muslim students called us together to talk about the local impact of the recent executive orders on immigration. At that event, an administrator advised students to cancel study abroad plans unless they had U.S. citizenship. A few days earlier, a colleague’s elderly Iranian mother-in-law had been blocked […]
Published
February 18, 2017

Letter to the editor: Lockman’s proposed bill would ensure compliance with immigration law

Re: Rep. Larry Lockman’s speech at the University of Southern Maine: • The hard left is made up of Marxist revolutionaries (“The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution”). • There is an unholy alliance between the leftists and Islamists (also known as the “Red-Green Axis”). • In his book “Catastrophic Failure,” former intelligence […]

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