Letters

Published
January 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Cynics fail to appreciate hotel’s whimsical lobster trap art

Re: “Letter to the editor: Display obscures sculpture, suggests that Portland is a backwater” (Dec. 21): Bravo to the Regency Hotel for its beautiful mastery of detail, preserving historic significance while adding contemporary luxury. We stayed there last week and were so impressed with the lovely rooms, the polite staff, the efficient management and the […]
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January 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Why did Press Herald publish propaganda from outsider?

I read the recent piece by Mark V. Holden from Koch Industries with some alarm (“Maine Voices: Requiring licenses for too many jobs hinders economic mobility,” Jan. 4). Since when is someone from Kansas, who doesn’t even claim to have ever visited Maine, a “Maine Voice”? Is the Press Herald now in the business of […]
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January 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Hold ‘affluenza’ teen, mother accountable for their actions

The articles on Ethan Couch, the teen fugitive known for his “affluenza” defense in an OUI that killed four people, floored me (“Official: ‘Affluenza’ teen wins 3-day delay in deportation”; “Mom of ‘affluenza’ teen jailed in U.S. after being deported from Mexico,” Dec. 31). So if a child comes from parents with money, they are […]
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January 5, 2016

Letter to the editor: Portland immigrant shows inspiring tenacity, gratitude

I read with great interest the Jan. 1 front-page article on Haroun Adam’s reunion with his family at the Portland jetport in December (“Reunited Sudanese family sees bright future in Maine”). I met Haroun in the spring of 2015; he was working very hard to improve his English. He spoke of his family and the […]
Published
January 4, 2016

Letter to the editor: How are environmentalists not patriots?

I’d like to comment on a recent op-ed column (“Maine Voices: It’s inevitable that U.S. consumers will plug into electric vehicles,” Dec. 30) for which an editor wrote a subheadline describing the American political spectrum as a continuum “from patriots to clean-energy advocates.” Here’s the problem: This phrasing implies that far right-wing ideologues are “patriots,” […]

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January 4, 2016

Letter to the editor: Critic of immigrants doesn’t know much about how newcomers really learn English

A letter to the editor from Earl Harnden (“Give non-English speakers a deadline to learn language,” Dec. 31) expressed concerns about immigrants not learning how to speak English in a timely fashion. I am an immigrant – a British immigrant who came here when I was 22 (I am 66 now). English is my native […]
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January 4, 2016

Letter to the editor: Military and personal attacks fail to stop terrorism

I know that I am not the only citizen feeling the anger and frustration spawned by recent shootings, the events in the Middle East and the behavior of our political leaders. Actions taken so far have clearly not worked for us. I believe that most of the communication takes place in a piecemeal way and […]
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January 4, 2016

Letter to the editor: Pro-life should mean protecting those already born

The headline on Page A3 of the Dec. 28 Portland Press Herald shouts: “Abortion likely to be a 2016 election litmus test.” And within the article, the reporter notes that “nearly all of the Republican (presidential) candidates favor overturning the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.” Perhaps that message appeals […]
Published
January 3, 2016

Letter to the editor: What if we take LePage’s gun policy a step further?

As gun violence continues unabated, and progress toward sensible and effective gun-control laws withers, Maine Gov. Paul LePage supports the proliferation of guns by opposing efforts to restrict both open and concealed gun carry. His friend and soulmate, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, as evidence of their mutual abhorrence of gun control laws, recently […]
Published
January 3, 2016

Letter to the editor: Argument to bar Muslims from entering U.S. is faulty

I am writing in response to Howard Cutler’s Dec. 20 letter, “Trump correct on restricting Muslims.” Cutler claims that an American president would be within his or her rights to restrict Muslims entering the United States based on a 1952 act that states “whenever the president finds that the entry of any aliens or class […]

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