Letters

Published
January 23, 2017

Letter to the editor: If you don’t like Trump, do more than just complain

I’m not happy that Vladimir Putin’s henchmen hacked their way into computer systems and facilitated anti-Hillary Clinton stories in the 24-hour-a-day so-called news cycle. But it’s difficult to argue the impact of Putin’s involvement was any more or less significant than that of the director of the FBI. Both were reprehensible and unprecedented in U.S. […]
Published
January 23, 2017

Letter to the editor: Deering High teaches inclusion in many ways

I recently visited Deering High School with an immigrant friend to help him with his English skills by adding new vocabulary in a real-life context. What we saw there taught my friend much more than words such as “classroom,” “gym,” “cafeteria” and “library.” He got a positive glimpse of American cultural life and an affirmation […]
Published
January 23, 2017

Letter to the editor: LePage’s gut reaction unaffected by surgery

Donald Trump’s deplorable model and tweets have yet again encouraged others to trumpet racist remarks that reveal the divisive and white supremacist underbelly of the current Republican Party. Gov. LePage’s recent comment that U.S. Rep. John Lewis should be thankful for actions of white presidents (who were in office long before Lewis was brutally beaten […]
Published
January 22, 2017

Letter to the editor: Carry out mandate: Tax the rich to fund education

To help fund education, we, the Maine voters, decided in November to raise income taxes by 3 percent on those who earn more than $200,000 per year. But Gov. LePage is using sleight of hand to make it look like he’s raising those taxes while in reality he is lowering them! Yes, the new rate […]
Published
January 22, 2017

Letter to the editor: Sens. Collins, King urged to oppose Trump EPA pick

The president wants someone to head the Environmental Protection Agency who has a clear record of opposing the agency and of denying climate change. Maybe this is because of criticism that the EPA makes regulations stifling business. In Maine, tourism is big business – because we have lots of clean air, water, open land and […]

Published
January 22, 2017

Letter to the editor: Save Affordable Care Act because it benefits us all

I am speaking from my heart. I am terrified about the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act (i.e., Obamacare) without an equivalent program to replace it! My son has a rare autoimmune disorder, Addison’s disease, diagnosed while he was working for an employer that provided health insurance. When he left that employer to start […]
Published
January 22, 2017

Letter to the editor: Led by bombastic ringleader, new three-ring circus opens

When one door closes another opens (sort of). The end of an era has arrived with the announcement that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is closing. Nearly 150 years of family entertainment will no longer thrill and entrance us. Meanwhile, another three-ring circus is just getting started. In Ring No. 1 will […]
Published
January 22, 2017

Letter to the editor: War profiteering demands protest

Thank you for printing David Sharp’s Jan. 9 Associated Press article, “Under Trump, Navy plans biggest expansion since Cold War.” I now realize that 7,000-plus U.S. nuclear weapons and 800-plus U.S. war bases, on foreign soil, aren’t enough to keep the Homeland safe against “resurgent Russia and saber-rattling China” – even though those 800-plus bases […]
Published
January 21, 2017

Letter to the editor: Republicans irresponsible to have no ACA alternative

Republican members of Congress have been railing against Obamacare for years. Yet repealing it is as far as they can plan. They have no vision for what to “replace” it with. That is not leadership. That’s power play. Before destroying current policy, Congress should show us their plan to replace our health care. How will […]
Published
January 21, 2017

Letter to the editor: Putting a human face  on impact of repealed ACA

I slept three hours last night, spending the rest worrying about what Obamacare repeal would mean to my family. I cannot believe Sen. Susan Collins will vote for repeal without adequate replacement if the effects are given a human face. So here’s our story. My husband and I have been comfortably middle class for most […]

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