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  • Published
    January 6, 2011
    BALDACCI RILEY

    Letters to the editor, Jan. 6, 2011Dirigo insurance shouldn’t be ended

    As the Christmas season ends and the new year begins, I am deeply grateful for many things, not least the early diagnosis and excellent treatment I received for breast cancer in 2010. I’m thankful for my employer-provided insurance — Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, through DirigoChoice. Dirigo’s excellent preventative care and prescription coverage, plus hospital and […]

  • Published
    January 5, 2011
    Benjamin Olivarez

    Letters to the editor, Jan. 5, 2011Too much wasted on military

    The front pages of The Portland Press Herald properly feature local news items that are of central interest to us all. But we must turn to the inner pages of the newspaper to be aware that our nation is still at war. We are in the ninth year of fighting in two countries at a […]

  • Published
    January 4, 2011
    Paul LePage, Sawin Millett

    Letters to the editor, Jan. 4, 2011Some advice for a new governor

    Having served as co-director of Gov. Angus King’s transition team with primary responsibility for making recommendations to Gov.-elect Paul LePage for hiring senior staff members and the Cabinet, there are a few principles you may wish to consider: 1. Once you take office, be careful what you say. It has a way of becoming state […]

  • Published
    January 3, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Jan. 3, 2011People with jobs will also have food

    The 5-year-old looked up at his mother and said, “Mommy, I’m hungry.” “No, dear,” she replied, “you are obviously unable to read the newspaper or you would understand that you are suffering from ‘food insecurity.’ “ “What’s that?” he asked. “Well,” she began, “that is when you think you want food but you are not sure […]

  • Published
    January 2, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Jan. 2, 2011’Cost shifting’ hurts the insured

    Who pays for health care? A federal district court judge in Virginia has ruled the new federal health care law’s individual insurance mandate unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court will eventually decide that issue. However, nonprofit hospitals (all Maine hospitals) are still required to provide care, regardless of ability to pay. So who pays? Who pays […]

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  • Published
    January 1, 2011

    Letters to the editor: When electricity fails, seniors need help

    A suggestion for seniors: Having “weathered” 40 hours without heat and light last January, and 80 hours without it in December 2008, it is a good idea to advise people, seniors especially. who live in all-electric buildings that should power be out for an extended period of time, they should call local police to find […]

  • Published
    December 31, 2010

    Letters to the editor, Dec. 31, 2010Tales of season’s first snow

    It wasn’t supposed to happen. At least it hadn’t been forecast. But suddenly, there it was. About 3:30 in the afternoon of Dec. 20, it started. Large flakes blanketing the sky, rapidly covering everything. By rush hour, it was a disaster, with 200 cars off the road in Scarborough alone. Three police cars and a […]

  • Published
    December 30, 2010

    Letters to the editor, Dec. 30, 2010: ‘War on drugs’ a futile effort

    An estimated 17,000 annual U.S. deaths are attributed to illegal drugs — “the tip of the iceberg” of destruction. NPR just reported more than 30,000 Mexican deaths over five years in that smaller country’s drug war. The greatest damage occurs farther beyond our borders, for example in destruction of the social fabrics of Colombia and […]

  • Published
    December 30, 2010

    More letters to the editor, Dec. 30, 2010: Bear-baiting will never be right

    The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife would have us believe that “Bear hunting in Maine remains a sport in all its forms.” (Maine Voices, Dec. 3). The forms department spokesman Travis Barrett is alluding to are hounding and baiting, both practices that are outlawed in a number of states because many hunters believe that […]

  • Published
    December 29, 2010

    Letters to the Editor: Ethics ruling riles on Cutler Files

    So you can break the law, maintain an anonymous website that spews negative information about a candidate and, by doing so, influence the outcome of a statewide election (“Author of Cutler bash site broke law,” Dec. 21), and your punishment is a $200 fine and your identity is protected. I’m glad to see that justice […]