As a self-employed dog trainer, with a stay and train Airbnb, I require COVID vaccination for all vaccine-eligible clients, and masks for their children. It’s easier for us to focus on training when we don’t need to worry so much about viral loads. I’ve noticed that my approach to animal training attracts mostly liberal Democrats, […]
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Letter to the editor: NECEC defender fails to recognize need for referendum
The Aug. 1 letter by Tom Rumpf (“Ask the right questions about the Clean Energy Corridor”) provided the wrong answers regarding the referendum to stop New England Clean Energy Connect. The review process that approved NECEC is not objective and methodological. The commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission and the Land Use Planning Commission, and […]
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Letter to the editor: Give vaccine mandates a chance to work again
The requirements have saved untold numbers of people from polio, smallpox, diphtheria, mumps and rubella. They can stop the spread of COVID, too.
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Letter to the editor: U.S. public health slipping back to the Middle Ages
America’s public health situation today is much like that of medieval China around 1000 C.E. Then smallpox had shifted to being a pediatric problem. So many adults had either died off or had survived with immunity, the virus had to direct its attention primarily to children. The big difference, of course, is that we know […]
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Letter to the editor: U.S. needs to adopt Celsius temperature scale
Converting to this widely used scale means that the climate events in the rest of the world will register viscerally among Americans.
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Letter to the editor: Maine’s commercial fishing jeopardized by climate change
I like seafood. I particularly like eating seafood that is produced locally. Sadly, the Maine fishing industry is under increasing strain from climate change. This threat is underlined in a Washington Post story published by the Press Herald on Aug. 5: “Key ocean system may be heading for collapse from climate change, story finds” (Page […]
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Letter to the editor: Time to scrap both Iraq war authorizations
A repeal bill has cleared a key Senate hurdle, and Sen. Susan Collins has signed on as a co-sponsor; it’s time for Sen. Angus King to do the same.
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Letter to the editor: Corridor project makes sense for Maine
Have you ever wondered why there is such strong opposition to the corridor project? It’s really quite simple: It’s a campaign opposing clean energy that is paid for by the oil and gas companies. I have a recreational property in New Sharon, right where the corridor is going to go, and I have no problem […]
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Letter to the editor: Afghan interpreters’ families also need U.S. protection
The good news is that the Biden administration is now protecting special immigrant visa applicants (and their families) and is now offering Priority 2 visa processing, but there is one group that is not yet being protected, and that consists of family members of those individuals who have applied for political asylum here in the […]
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Letter to the editor: Dividend tax hike will affect older Mainers, middle class
During my years in the Legislature, I served on the Taxation Committee. As a member of that committee, I learned that decisions about tax policy must be made with great deliberation to avoid unintended consequences. I was reminded of how just how complicated tax policy can be when catching up on proposals being discussed by […]