Letters

Published
November 20, 2012

Letters to the editor: LePage’s words discourage educators

As a Maine educator, I am personally insulted and offended by Gov. LePage’s recent comments about public education in our state (“LePage’s criticism of Maine schools disappoints Maine principals,” Nov. 14). Like many teachers, I had followed another career path before making the choice to dedicate my life of work to the children of Maine. […]
Published
November 19, 2012

Letters to the editor: Obama unfairly attacked over Libya

I find it disgraceful that the Republicans are politicizing the tragic events at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. Not long before these horrific events, the same Republican lawmakers voted against a request by the State Department for additional funding at diplomatic facilities in troubled countries. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, these funding cuts […]
Published
November 18, 2012

Letters to the editor: Voting laws don’t fulfill purpose

What happened to the two U.S. citizens of Somali origin whose right to vote was questioned by a poll watcher (“Somali women challenged at Auburn polling place,” Nov. 6) highlights the ability of one individual to, without consequence, question his peer’s right to vote and the misplaced burden of proof: on the voter, not the […]
Published
November 17, 2012

Letters to the editor: Low profile for both mural, LePage

The past few months there has been some speculation over the whereabouts of Gov. Paul LePage. For the most part, he has been missing from public view. It is very puzzling that he was not active in endorsing and supporting his fellow Republicans running for election. There is a school of thought that believes Gov. […]
Published
November 16, 2012

Letters to the editor: Headline trivializes serious candidate

Your headline writer created an absurd and totally untrue fantasy around the story of Holly Seeliger’s election to Portland’s school committee (“Burlesque dancer wiggles into seat on Portland school board,” Nov. 10). The truth is that Holly Seeliger ran a serious campaign, portraying herself as an educated person deeply concerned about education in our city, […]

Published
November 15, 2012

Letters to the editor: Harmon hopes for negative change

M.D. Harmon engages in wishful thinking at each of the bullet points in his Nov. 9 column, “In this election victory, there are losers worth mentioning.” In large part, he’s wishing for the worst and not for the best. • Republicans: The Republican Party doesn’t need to “get its message across better.” It needs to […]
Published
November 14, 2012

Letters to the editorObama underestimates Islam as threat

Benghazi could have been a striking example of American resolve. The president chose, unnecessarily, to protect Islam from American free speech instead. The protected status of ambassadors is an ancient protocol. Even 1,000 years ago, anyone who’d harmed a Mongol ambassador would not have been surprised by the consequences. Without a reliable explanation for such […]
Published
November 13, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Find new friends at animal shelter

Each day at the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, we have hundreds of animals to feed, medicate, clean up after, walk, socialize and, of course, love. For the 14 communities we serve, we are often the last chance an animal has. They come to us from hoarding situations, domestic abuse, animal cruelty cases, abandonment […]
Published
November 12, 2012

Letters to the editor: Proactive view of climate change needed

Why’s nobody talking? Why — in the wake of extraordinary weather events and the millions of dollars spent in political ads — is no party or newly elected lawmaker uttering a peep about how we might proactively take on the challenges of climate change? In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, papers all across the United […]
Published
November 11, 2012

Letters to the editorVeterans fight for all of us

Veterans Day is today, Sunday, Nov. 11, and it’s a chance to remind all your readers how much we owe to veterans who served, died and those now serving around the world in defense of our country. Since its first celebration of the World War I Armistice signed on Nov. 11, the date has never […]

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