Letters

Published
March 26, 2019

Letter to the editor: Don’t open door to JROTC instruction in Maine high schools

L.D. 750 will allow Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructors to teach in Maine high schools without state certification. JROTC is effective as a military recruiting program, the U.S. Department of Defense has acknowledged. The U.S. has signed the U.N. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, one purpose of which […]
Published
March 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Case shows need for justice reform

Why are there only two possible outcomes – juvenile offender released at age 21 or adult facing 25 to life – for Dominic Sylvester?
Published
March 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Falmouth’s rezoning harms the environment

For all of the Falmouth Town Council’s “environmental protection” speak, and the millions of taxpayer dollars spent buying acres of inland land for conservation in the already protected Rural District (reducing the tax base), it is impossible to understand councilors’ reluctance to repeal the reckless 2016 rezoning that incentivizes density in new “growth” districts along […]
Published
March 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Delayed jet grounding, gift to Trump linked

In the March 16 Los Angeles Times editorial, a number of possible factors are listed that do, or may, help explain why the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to ground the Boeing 737 Max planes was so delayed. One factor is what President Trump and people at Boeing talked about between the time of the first […]
Published
March 25, 2019

Letter to the editor: Right to life movement limits life-saving efforts

Teresa McCann-Tumidajski of the Maine Right to Life Committee wrote a clear op-ed (March 21) on why she would like Maine to not enlarge women’s right to abortions. I understand the point of view of her and other right-to-lifers. I agree that life is sacred. What I would like to know is: Where are the […]

Published
March 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Topical wit now scarce on comics pages

Timely references have been all but absent since 'Non Sequitur' was dropped.
Published
March 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Double standard obvious in cancellation of comic

I am disappointed in the Portland Press Herald’s decision to ban “Non Sequitur” from the comics on the basis of one distasteful panel. An appropriate response would have been to ban that particular day’s strip – which didn’t happen, because no one noticed (or acted) when the strip was submitted. The offensive word was not […]
Published
March 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Smart strip dropped while inane ones linger on

Please tell me you didn’t drop Wiley Miller’s “Non Sequitur.” You could have done your readership a favor and dropped that overwrought “Mark Trail” or the brain-dead “Beetle Bailey,” rather than one of the best-drawn, most intelligent strips of the day. Steve Collins Bridgton
Published
March 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Newspaper also makes errors – why punish cartoonist?

Cartoons are one reason I read the newspaper. “Non Sequitur” is one of my favorites. Removal of the cartoon over an oversight by the artist seems an extreme overreaction for a publication self-identified as imperfect with its Corrections column on Page A2. These days, “sorry” is frequently a sufficient response for errors and inconsiderate behaviors […]
Published
March 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Disappointed reader misses his favorite strip

Bring back “Non-Sequitur,” please! It is one of my favorites, and I look for it when I buy your newspaper. I miss it! Thomas Haskell Athens

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