Letters
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Unfairly criticized Chinese partnership benefits USM
The Confucius Institute teaches language and culture – it doesn't offer propaganda.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Confucius Institute opens up opportunities for USM students
In a recent letter (March 6), the writer, Eamonn Dundon, raised concerns over the University of Southern Maine’s Confucius Institute. As a USM student who has had a tremendous amount of direct experience with the Confucius Institute, I believe this criticism is misguided. The Confucius Institute offers incredible opportunities for USM and its students. It […]
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Rise in cost of necessities outpaces increase in Social Security benefit
I am writing to ask if anyone can explain why Central Maine Power bills, Portland Water District bills and the cost of most food items and vitamins have recently increased after Social Security benefits increased a paltry amount. These increases have more than wiped out the additional Social Security benefit. Connie Smith Westbrook
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Paid sick days will help protect Maine health care workers, patients
I work in health care, and the safety of our staff and patients depends on workers’ ability to access the care we need. I am fortunate that my employer allows paid sick days. If this weren’t the case, my co-workers and I would be put in the unfair and unethical situation of possibly infecting our […]
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: The company he keeps says a lot about Trump
I must give President Trump credit for his efforts to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C., of self-serving career politicians. Over the past several years he has managed to surround himself with upstanding, selfless public servants like Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Steve Bannon, Michael Cohen, Roger Stone and Scott Pruitt to help him Make America […]
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Letter to the editor: Millennial, Generation Z voters should seek out independent ideas
In today’s politically divisive environment, many young voters are encouraged to participate in the American two-party system. According to the Pew Research Center, nearly 37 percent of eligible voters in the upcoming 2020 presidential election will be members of the millennial generation and Generation Z (born after 1996). What does this mean exactly? In 2016, […]
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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Letter to the editor: Help Mainers better prepare for retirement
By expanding savings options for workers, the state could save about $23 million now spent on assistance.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Letter to the editor: Vaccinating kids ensures liberty, equality for all
Maine’s rate of non-medical vaccination opt-outs for school kids is the nation’s seventh highest, and it is getting worse. If we do not stop the slide, our community herd immunity will fail and we will face increasing outbreaks of dangerous whooping cough and measles like we’ve seen in the Pacific Northwest. This will put kids […]
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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Letter to the editor: Popular-vote compact law could easily backfire – amend the Constitution instead
I was pleased to read your March 7 editorial (“Our View: Compact wrong way to fix Electoral College”). As a member of the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, I was the lone Democrat to vote against the bill that you correctly described as a “back-door approach” to fixing the Electoral College system so that the […]
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PublishedMarch 12, 2019
Letter to the editor: Pro truckers save lives after skills put to test by distracted drivers
Twice, over the past couple of weeks, I believe a large-rig truck driver saved my life. These professionals are carrying tons of weight at high speeds on relatively small wheels. I don’t know much about physics, but I’d guess that task in itself must require a lot of skill. When an inattentive driver suddenly cuts […]
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