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July 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Senators thanked for support of EPA rules

The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed a new federal rule to protect all Americans from power plant air pollution and to tackle climate change. We already limit the amount of mercury, arsenic and lead from power plants. However, there are no limits on the amount of carbon dioxide our nation’s 1,000-plus power plants are allowed […]
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July 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Administration’s silence on teen’s death was deafening

Was the killing of three Israeli teens labeled as a “heinous murder” by our president, as he did regarding the murder of a Palestinian teen? The silence of the administration was deafening when that occurred. Why was there no call for the Palestinian perpetrators to be brought to justice, as Mr. Kerry did, in calling […]
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July 9, 2014

Letter to the editor: Columnist should have done more fact checking

Re: “M.D. Harmon: Warming enthusiasts need to face some inconvenient truths” (June 13): More “fact” checking is required: Professor Roger Pielke Jr. is not a climate scientist or atmospheric physicist. Is his knowledge of mathematics and political science used to creatively spin numbers to favor a chosen point of view? His statistics on the frequency […]
Published
July 8, 2014

Letter to the editor: Overall, VA exceptionally efficient and caring

A recent front page of the Sunday Press Herald makes me wonder just how much thought we, the public, give to the problems the Veterans Affairs Department has in hiring doctors. Joining the VA instead of a private practice has never been a top priority for the doctors I’ve known over the years. Today there […]
Published
July 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Liquid nicotine should be regulated

A recent case report in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses a 10-month-old child who was brought to an emergency room after ingesting a small amount of mint-flavored liquid nicotine used to “vape” from an electronic cigarette. The infant had trouble breathing and a fast heart rate. A greater ingestion of as little as […]

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July 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: In Dechaine case, official defends the indefensible

To err is human, and so, evidently, is the reluctance to admit to error. An ethically evolved adult believes that admitting past mistakes is more important than saving one’s face, yet many cases of false conviction involve police, prosecutors and judges who act like the toddler who refuses to take responsibility for having spilled some […]
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July 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins favors corporations in political ad funding disclosure

Sen. Susan Collins is supposed to represent the people of Maine rather than large corporations. Why, then, did she vote against a 2012 bill that would require corporations to disclose how they funded political ads? When asked, she said it was because the bill did not also make unions disclose what they spent. However, the […]
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July 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: University system overhaul a necessity, and here’s why

Recent commentary about the University of Maine System has unfortunately concentrated on peripheral elements of the system’s problems and hence offered inapposite solutions. The system’s declining enrollment and ﬂat state funding are merely symptoms of much more serious and intractable challenges that ultimately will make a major restructuring inevitable. University administrators and legislators can either […]
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July 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cartoonist misguided on the tea party

I was less than amused seeing the cartoon by Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, which was on Page E3 of the June 29 Maine Sunday Telegram. It showed two “I Voted” stickers, one with the American flag and the other with the Confederate battle flag with “Tea Party” under it. Mr. Bennett […]
Published
July 7, 2014

Letter to the editor: Story on Portland rally to support immigrants fell a bit short

My husband and I attended the rally June 28 in Deering Oaks described in your June 29 article (“Westbrook won’t stop aid to immigrants”). We are writing to address two concerns. • First, the headline above of the article by Beth Quimby doesn’t reflect the broad scope of support for the continuation of public assistance. As […]

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