Letters

Published
February 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: Billions spent on Zumwalt would be better spent elsewhere

The important question is what did we get for our investment?
Published
February 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: Fox’s Ingraham, LePage wrong about immigrants

I couldn’t disagree more with Fox commentator Laura Ingraham’s and our former governor’s rant about Portland’s welcome to asylum seekers (Feb. 1). I work with refugees and asylum seekers every day and see as many new Mainers at my church’s pantry on Tuesday morning as I see old Mainers on Sunday morning. Guess what? The […]
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February 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: Think before judging decades-old behavior

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is being pressured to resign over a photo on his page in a 1984 school publication. It depicts a person in blackface alongside someone in a Ku Klux Klan costume. Was the photo in poor taste? Yes. Was it illegal? No. If he posed for such a photograph today, I would […]
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February 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: Religious freedom at risk from forced vaccination

When our daughter was in elementary school, there was a case of chickenpox at her school. The school nurse called and said that because our daughter was not vaccinated, she could not return to school for a specified time, which was the standard practice. I said OK. Initially she said it was going to be […]
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February 5, 2019

Letter to the editor: If Northam has renounced his past actions, he deserves a second chance

Redemption. A big word. An even bigger promise. Forgiveness. What we as a loving people should do for those who have seen and apologized for past errors, even egregious ones. Are we such a puritanical people that we no longer believe redemption is possible? Are we such a self-righteous people that we can no longer […]

Published
February 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Heat pumps, solar call for energy audit

This is almost always money well spent.
Published
February 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Collins could have done more during shutdown

A significant part of our federal government was shut for 35 days. Federal employees were furloughed and their absence endangered lives and commerce. Civil servants, forced to work, went without pay. And, borrowing a term from the military, federal contractors and businesses dependent on a federal workforce suffered financial “collateral damage.” Even though legislation was […]
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February 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Why add marijuana to highway problems?

I’d like to offer some personal input on the article “Titans of beer industry betting on drinks containing cannabis” (Jan. 17), by Damian J. Troise of the Associated Press. The issue I have is based solely on the content of this article, and has nothing to do with the man who wrote it. In fact, […]
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February 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Carbon tax proposal would benefit Mainers

I appreciate the perspective in Gregory Morrow’s letter to the editor (“Carbon tax makes things more costly,” Jan. 28) but would like to clarify the differences between his concept of a carbon tax and the bipartisan Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (HR 763), which was recently introduced in Congress. While it is true that […]
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February 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: We must reduce our use of fossil fuels

Thank you for highlighting the dire threats Maine faces from climate change. We need to do more than just adapt, however: We must also reduce our use of fossil fuels. Putting a price on carbon uses the power of the market to reduce fossil fuel use. It is gaining support among business leaders; state, local, […]

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