Letters

Published
July 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Guest editorial on Trump, pope serves as unintended satire

Re: “Another View: In pope versus Trump race, billionaire wins easily” (July 18): Ruth L. West’s explanation of why Donald Trump is a much better person than Pope Francis was the most brilliant piece of political satire I’ve read since Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” which suggested that the Irish solve their economic woes during […]
Published
July 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Pro-gay marriage priest spouts confusing message

Randall Balmer’s July 9 column, “Commentary: Evangelicals came to accept divorce; they can do the same on gay marriage,” is breathtakingly, but unsurprisingly, confusing. As a priest, he embraces the widespread theological confusion within the Episcopal Church. As a member of the Episcopal clergy, I’m painfully aware of it. Evangelicals have come to “accept” divorce. […]
Published
July 21, 2015

Letter to the editor: Jury acted too swiftly in convicting Colorado theater shooting defendant

Words matter, and your headline on Page A3 on July 17 regarding the verdict in the Colorado theater case was spot on: “Jury swiftly convicts Colorado theater shooter.” I refer to the word “swiftly.” Juries are tasked with deliberating, something this Colorado jury could not have done in just 12 hours. Perhaps James Holmes had […]
Published
July 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Urge Collins and King to work toward carbon-fee bill

I live in the Boston area, and my grandson lives in Bangor. So I loved Gerald Mylroie’s suggestions for improved public transit systems that will help me travel from Boston to Bangor to see him (“Maine Voices: Expand rail, other public transport to fight climate change, grow economy,” June 26). Mylroie’s proposal will also help […]
Published
July 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Let Maine take the lead  to get money out of politics

I’ve recently been at the Portland Farmers’ Market, talking with voters about a referendum that will be on the ballot this November. Everyone I have talked to, no matter their political beliefs, can agree that politicians should be accountable to their voters, not wealthy donors and special interest groups. In the last few years, Maine’s […]

Published
July 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Smaller wage raise would make sense for Portland

The Portland City Council, after ignoring the recommendation of their Finance Committee, recently passed a new minimum-wage package. Before the vote, City Councilor Jon Hinck told me that the increase to $10.10 in 2016, $10.68 in 2017 and guaranteed increases annually after that would not harm the Portland economy and that employers make enough profit. […]
Published
July 20, 2015

Letter to the editor: Value butterflies and bees over unnatural, toxic lawns

Re: “Letter to the editor: A backyard once full of birds is strangely silent this year” (July 10): It is not just the songbirds that are suddenly missing from our garden symphony. For nine years after I moved to Maine, I very much enjoyed the constant buzzing song of the bees in my garden, as […]
Published
July 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: ‘Front-Page LePage’ seen as kingpin of bad publicity

I’ve lived in six states. I’ve maintained a level of voter vigilance in all. Nowhere have I seen the level of contention that has characterized the past few years of Maine’s political climate. Almost every day we have Gov. LePage headlining the news. Nowhere else has the governor of a state (Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut, […]
Published
July 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: Libraries as conduits of knowledge

Re: “Commentary: Checking out the future” (July 12): Your Sunday column from The Washington Post on the replacement of the books in stacks with electronic materials piqued my interest, as I am both a librarian and an avid public library user. I have to take exception, though, to one sentence of the article: “With Plato […]
Published
July 19, 2015

Letter to the editor: Gay marriage is legal now because gays fought for it

There is one important reason I am so proud of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling in favor of marriage equality: It is that gay people have never relied upon figureheads to make equality rulings a reality. They did not sheepishly wait for an elected official or a legislative body to make history for them. […]

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