Letters
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Let Mainers decide their own deaths
In decades of aiding the dying, I have never seen a greedy heir eager to usher a relative into the great unknown.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Does vaccine logic apply to driving risks, too?
The Dec. 2 letter to the editor by Thia Embers illustrates just how bad humans are at risk assessment. She argues that a one-in-a-million chance of being injured by a vaccine should be enough for some (presumably herself included) to forgo shots for their children, thereby leaving all other Americans (especially the elderly and immuno-compromised) […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Cable TV service switch seems unfair to seniors
A friend of mine who is 92 years old lives in a senior living/assisted living facility in Portland. Her apartment is federally subsidized with one bedroom and one bath. Recently, she received a letter from Spectrum indicating that her cable service would be going all digital and that if she wanted to watch her television […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Former President George H.W. Bush sought to solve problems with civility
My father was a friend of the 41st president. I have a photo of my parents at the White House with the then-president and first lady. In the same way that President George H.W. Bush’s politics were not mine, my father and I do not share political ideology. We can disagree politically, but we can […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: George H.W. Bush’s natural default: friendly, every time
I was honored to interact with George H.W. Bush many times, as a media member and as a Salvation Army staffer. We first crossed paths during the 1988 New Hampshire primary. He was addressing a large crowd. I was in the back. All I had going for me was the WGME logo on my mic; […]
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PublishedDecember 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Be wary of Maine Heritage Policy Center’s sick-leave proposal criticism
In his Nov. 25 letter to the editor, “Paid sick-leave proposal another left-wing disaster,” the Maine Heritage Policy Center’s Terry Brown is still beating on the universal home care program referendum, which was hardly a policy disaster. Its message was heard loud and clear in Augusta. While I’m glad the Maine Heritage Policy Center is […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2018
Letter to the editor: Plastic pollution in oceans must be battled
Maine's beauty and livelihoods depend on a plastic-free sea.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2018
Letter to the editor: New bill puts lie to Sasse’s claim of climate-change ‘alarmism’
According to Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., there is too much “alarmism” about climate science (“More GOP lawmakers become climate-change skeptics,” Dec. 3, Page A3). He goes on to say: “You don’t hear … constructive, innovative solutions for the future” from people concerned about climate change. Nonsense! A brand-new bipartisan bill co-sponsored by three Republican and […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2018
Letter to the editor: School team denounces synagogue shooting, all hate crimes
As members of our school’s Civil Rights Team, we were angry, confused and upset when we learned about the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Some of our team members are Jewish, and we have Jewish friends. We are so sad that we, or our friends, feel uncomfortable going to a place […]
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PublishedDecember 8, 2018
Letter to the editor: Nuclear power isn’t panacea for planet
Re: George Lawson’s Dec. 1 letter to the editor, “Nuclear energy is the solution to carbon-based climate change“: As we teach our children, it is important to think through consequences before making a decision. Until and unless there is a safe disposal solution to spent nuclear fuel rods, we should not build one more nuclear […]
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