Letters

Published
October 13, 2016

Letter to the editor: Count on Republicans  to fall for double standard

Private citizen Donald Trump is caught, on an 11-year-old tape, in a raunchy, sexually explicit tape regarding women. The Republican hierarchy rushes to the moral high ground. They cannot support such a man for the presidency. Democrats agree and say that he is unfit to serve. President Bill Clinton is caught, in real time, literally […]
Published
October 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Trump’s attitude toward women revives an awful memory

I remember being a young woman reading about “wilding” in New York City and being terrified of the Central Park Five (five teenagers of color who were convicted in the 1989 rape and beating of a jogger but later exonerated). It was especially terrifying to me because the previous year, I had been raped. And […]
Published
October 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Did Hillary Clinton lie about emails, or was she simply mistaken?

People make false statements either unintentionally or deliberately. A false statement made unintentionally is due to a sincere but mistaken belief. A false statement made deliberately is called a lie, and is intended to deceive those for whom such statement is intended. Many of us have the unfortunate habit of assuming that if a person […]
Published
October 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Krauthammer column had one-sided view of president’s performance

I write in response to Charles Krauthammer’s Oct. 7 op-ed column, “If not for bizarre election, Obama’s legacy would be losing in a rout” (Page A9). As he often has, Krauthammer condemns the Affordable Care Act as a complete failure. Then he even more loftily condemns what he calls President Obama’s foreign policy as “pristine […]
Published
October 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Chickenpox story didn’t say if sick children had been vaccinated

In regard to the article in last Wednesday’s Portland Press Herald on the chickenpox cases at Yarmouth’s Rowe School: No mention was made of whether the ill children had had chicken pox vaccinations or not. It would be interesting to know if the controversial, possibly harmful, serum is effective or not. Mabel O’Brien Falmouth

Published
October 12, 2016

Letter to the editor: Mainstream media failed to expose deception of Obama years

The latest revelation that the White House intervened to prevent public knowledge of Hillary Clinton’s email server should forever put to rest the notion that the Obama administration is an honest broker. This newspaper, along with the rest of the mainstream media, owes its customers a heartfelt apology for carrying President Obama’s water for eight […]
Published
October 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Unity College goes to great lengths to avoid waste

I am writing to thank letter writer Barbara Doughty of Portland, who asked for clarification regarding a reference to the use of water bottles in a recent story about Unity College (“Unity College should keep consistent in the details,” Sept. 17). I want to thank Barbara for celebrating Unity’s sustainability mission, our affordable education for […]
Published
October 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Cumberland EMTs give us something to celebrate

Every day, we hear sad, horrific news about bomb explosions or of people who walk into malls or restaurants or movies and shoot completely innocent people who are just going about their daily lives and who fall victim just for being there at the wrong time. Today I would like to write about people who […]
Published
October 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Election cycle is distressing, but please remember to vote

This election cycle has been distressing and exhausting. I am as tired as you are of the almost total absence of discussion about what can or would be done by the major-party presidential candidates to address the many vital issues we face. So you will be relieved to know that I am not trying to […]
Published
October 11, 2016

Letter to the editor: Jetport worried by jam, not speeding drivers

I recently had a small jar of Maine blueberry jam confiscated at the Portland International Jetport by the Transportation Security Administration. The label read “4 ounces,” supposedly exceeding the 3-ounce limit for carry-on fluids. I pointed out that part of the contents had been removed and that less than 3 ounces of the offending product […]

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