Letters

Published
August 24, 2015

Letter to the editor: Presenters at USM forum clearly explained Iran nuclear deal

Sen. Angus King, George Mitchell and Ambassador Nicholas Burns got it right last week at the well-attended Maine World Affairs Council forum on the Iran nuclear agreement, hosted by the University of Southern Maine. Each man explained clearly why he supports the agreement. You can see for yourself at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUpSlD1tQ6g, starting at minute 16:40. This […]
Published
August 24, 2015

Letter to the editor: Ballot question would add transparency to elections

A recent Washington Post story published in the Portland Press Herald highlighted the incredible amounts of money being funneled into the 2016 presidential campaign (“Million-dollar donors pump huge sums into ’16 White House run,” Aug. 2). Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been raised from a very small pool of very wealthy donors who […]
Published
August 24, 2015

Letter to the editor: How about biodegradable rather than plastic bags?

I am OK with paying a nickel for a plastic bag, if I don’t have to pay twice for that same bag. As a business, retailers pass the cost of the bags on to the consumer. Will they stop doing this? Will the total be lower because you bring or buy your own bag? With […]
Published
August 24, 2015

Letter to the editor: Ballot question to strengthen Maine Clean Election Act an assault on freedom

Question 1 on November’s ballot is a progressive assault on freedom and the First Amendment. The initiative, “An Act to Strengthen the Maine Clean Election Act,” will abridge speech and impose the regulatory nanny state on campaigns and elections. The lead advocate says they have $600,000 for the fall campaign. No opposition has emerged. The […]
Published
August 23, 2015

Letter to the editor: Poverty sustained by letting children go hungry

I was so pleased to learn in the Telegram’s Maine Voices column (“Early intervention breaks poverty, closes kids’ achievement gap,” Aug. 16) about Elevate Maine, the effort by the Maine Early Learning Investment Group (melig.org) to close the achievement gap for children living in poverty. I’m writing to call attention to that other cause of […]

Published
August 23, 2015

Letter to the editor: Medical providers need training in palliation

Re: “Maine Voices: Beloved uncle’s prolonged death makes case for right to one’s own end-of-life choices” (Aug. 15): Lynne Tobin and her family have suffered needlessly in the hands of a system that is neither designed, nor adequately educated, in the matters of death and dying. Hers is a gripping story that details what too […]
Published
August 23, 2015

Letter to the editor: Upon further review, Sorrell’s insight brilliant

Your July 19 Forum page is worth rereading and framing. Since I love libraries and books, the letter to the editor about libraries removing books (“Libraries as conduits of knowledge”) and Amy Sorrell’s revealing review of Nelle Harper Lee’s first draft, “Go Set a Watchman” (“Commentary: The new Atticus shows that flaws as well as […]
Published
August 23, 2015

Letter to the editor: Specter of atomic warfare intensifies

Hiroshima! Nagasaki! The mere mention of these horror locations makes me shudder as we think of the future for us and the world. The specter of atomic bombs is everywhere in the speeches of our allies as well as our enemies. I am a 93-year-old veteran of World War II and have my own memories […]
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 […]

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