Letters

Published
August 22, 2015

Letter to the editor: U.S. had better act now to nullify Iran’s nuclear threat

With so much discussion and dissension regarding the Iran nuclear agreement, I suggest the following: Our Department of State requests a confidential meeting with the chief Iranian negotiator. Instead of Secretary of State John Kerry, we send Al Pacino dressed in his “Godfather” outfit – on a 48-hour contract to act as our secretary of […]
Published
August 22, 2015

Letter to the editor: Samuelson a champ in sport and life alike

Do Maine, New England and the United States have a better ambassador of humility, grace and dignity than Joan Benoit Samuelson? Look at one of Shawn Patrick Ouellette’s Beach to Beacon photographs from the Aug. 2 Maine Sunday Telegram. Joan is congratulating Karen Rand McWatters, a Boston Marathon bombing survivor, at the finish line of […]
Published
August 22, 2015

Letter to the editor: Scouting still retains bigotry

The Boy Scouts of America are to be commended for permitting adults who are gay – at long, long last – to become leaders. But have they given even 1 ounce of thought as to what lessons they were teaching their Scouts all along who had joined when the Boy Scouts would not accept kids […]
Published
August 22, 2015

Letter to the editor: Portland still behind curve in ensuring biking safety

There is a lot of excitement in seeing Portland embrace bike riding with the addition of bike lanes and shared-use markings on city streets. These are great for seasoned riders who have no problem with or concern over mixing with automobiles and truck traffic on the road. However, for most of us who are interested […]
Published
August 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Even if it’s not popular, give Iran process a chance

Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, Americans overwhelmingly opposed war against Germany or Japan. Sometimes in a politician’s career, he or she must lead in a direction people don’t want to go. President Obama is doing that now, and we should hope he’s successful. In any international crisis, the parties should first try diplomacy. There […]

Published
August 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: With Trump, Fox News experiment comes full circle

A few years back, Roger Ailes and company created a network. More than a network, they created a persona on which to carry the conservative message. Look great. Speak in varying tones of outrage. Create your own truth. Dismiss anyone and anything that contradicts. And beat the message into fact by repetition, repetition, repetition. It […]
Published
August 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Prostate cancer progression, success of treatment vary

Re: “Maine Voices: Beloved uncle’s prolonged death makes case for right to one’s own end-of-life choices” (Aug. 15): We were saddened to learn of the painful death of Lynne Tobin’s uncle and agree that end-of-life care decisions should be the right of every individual. (We keep our medical advance directives in our glove compartment.) But […]
Published
August 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Fishermen’s anger about monitoring fee justified

Recently, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker called the requirement for fishermen to pay an estimated $710 per day for catch monitoring “the most perfect example of an unfunded mandate,” going on to call the policy “ridiculous” and “outrageous.” As a fisherman with close to 50 years’ experience in the fishery, I could not agree more, but […]
Published
August 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Letter writer’s concern calls to mind shot-up signs

Allan Neff (“Letter to the editor: Conservative mystified by Republicans for Trump,” Aug. 14) reflects the tired paranoia of the far right when he writes: “Perhaps some liberals, disguised as Republicans, are expressing support for (Donald) Trump to skew the early polls.” It reminds me of the late Maine nature writer Gene Letourneau, who once […]
Published
August 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Tips serve up incentive for learning useful skills

Heather McIntosh’s Maine Voices piece on Monday calling for “one fair wage” for tipped employees reminded me of a similar sentiment posed by Greg Kesich a couple of weeks ago (“Paying waiters, waitresses a fair wage would serve them right,” July 29). Speaking from personal experience, I have to agree with Ms. McIntosh that working […]

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