Letters

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December 19, 2016

Letter to the editor: CTE throws football players for a permanent loss

As a neurologist and former football fan, I had a vague awareness of the effects of cumulative trauma to the brain. A recent lecture by Robert Stern of Boston University, a leading researcher in this field, has awakened my concern about football’s effect on the brains of our young players. I was aware that some […]
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December 19, 2016

Letters to the editor: Angels in Buxton aided a distressed motorist

On Dec. 3, my husband and I went to Saco to visit my daughter and family. On our way home to Portland, we were rerouted because of a parade and ended up on Route 112 going north. We kept going until we saw a sign that said “Buxton,” and I realized we were going the […]
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December 19, 2016

Letter to the editor: Trump’s not so smart if he snubs need for intelligence

I was in shock when I read in last Monday’s Portland Press Herald (Page A1) that President-elect Donald Trump called the CIA’s assessment of possible Russian hacking “ridiculous.” As I read more of the article, I became more and more concerned that he isn’t going to be able to respond to any serious threats to […]
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December 19, 2016

Letter to the editor: Medicare for all is just what the doctor ordered

I read Dr. Daniel C. Bryant’s Maine Voices column (Dec. 5) with interest because I have often wondered what health care professionals think of Obamacare and Medicare. The biggest problem with Obamacare is the requirement that all with pre-existing conditions be insured. This is impossible for private insurers, because insuring the previously uninsurable is a […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Meddling and dirty tricks: Republicans take the lead

It occurs to me that three things occurred in the presidential campaign, the absence of any one of which would have resulted in Hillary Clinton’s election: • FBI Director James Comey’s announcements, with the misleading implication that more Hillary emails were (or were not) an issue. • The Russian release of hacked emails from the Clinton […]

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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: We can’t respect a governor who doesn’t respect others

Without offering proof, Gov. LePage recently cast doubt on Maine’s election results, saying, “… I maintain strong concerns regarding the integrity of Maine’s ballot and the accuracy of Maine’s election results … .” (Page A8, Dec. 3). What an affront to the hundreds of hardworking Mainers who labored so carefully on election night to accurately […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Dairy cows are worth much more than cash

As someone who has grown up around animals and lived with them all her life, I find it disheartening that instead of realizing the value of the cow’s life that was lost, Misty Meadow Farms is concerned only with how much money they lost (“Vandals set hundreds of cows loose at Maine dairy farm and […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Should governor get paid less than city employees?

Reading the Nov. 22 article that mentioned the top 10 salaries paid to city of Portland employees, I noted that each of them is paid more than the governor. He certainly is underpaid, and any future governor would be, too. With all the baloney thrown at him, he is entitled to be paid more. Marjorie […]
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December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Can we heal partisanship? Let’s have fun trying

It’s been over a month since Alan Caron’s Nov. 6 column on poison politics and how to fix it and over one month since our elections. Our nation remains divided and angry with the half of America that voted the other way. I am the founder of Komodia, a nonpartisan nonprofit that uses the power […]
Published
December 18, 2016

Letter to the editor: Pentagon takes tax dollars that addiction crisis needs

There was an interesting juxtaposition of commentaries in the Maine Sunday Telegram’s Insight section on Dec. 11. On the one hand, Dr. Mary Dowd eloquently brought to life the addiction crisis her patients attempt to navigate, the stark despair they experience, and the utter failure of political and social systems to meet their needs. She […]

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