Letters

Published
July 30, 2018

Letter to the editor: American flag is all about ensuring justice and the common good

Let's take it back from those who use it as a prop to oppose immigration and divide the country.
Published
July 30, 2018

Letter to the editor: A carbon tax of some kind will lessen our carbon footprint

Re: “Rep. Poliquin backs GOP bid to shut the door on carbon tax” (July 21, Page B4): This article, by Sun Journal reporter Steve Collins, relates to a nonbinding House measure passed July 19 by a vote of 229 to 180 that states that a tax on carbon emissions would be detrimental to families and […]
Published
July 30, 2018

Letter to the editor: Trump misbehavior shows he’s a significant security risk

Our globe-trotting president is at it again, alienating our allies. We don’t have many friends. As he cozies up to Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, our most serious enemies, he chastises Germany for getting its natural gas from Russia. In my 90 years, I have never seen a president of this great country who […]
Published
July 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: UMaine professors cleared, but blots remain

It's dismaying that the university system couldn't keep their names out of the newspaper.
Published
July 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Senate panel understands need for family planning

Women everywhere want healthy families. Across the globe, they know that access to family planning supports their own health and that of their families. Family planning is essential to overcoming poverty, which deepens when individuals can’t choose the size of their family. Yet 214 million women worldwide lack access to contraception. Traveling in the developing […]

Published
July 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Bisbee art has satiric sting, something reviewer missed

Daniel Kany’s July 15 review of John Bisbee’s installation “American Steel” misses the point. Kany comes close when he says, “Black spikes shoot off the wall from the words, giving the whole thing a comic book-like energy and feel.” But he then says that the show has no deep and intelligent conceptual content. Hey, the […]
Published
July 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Strengthen your marriage to make happier kids

Want your marriage to be stronger? Pay close attention! In the words of the Rev. Matthew Henry, 17th-century minister and Bible commentator: “The woman came out of man’s rib, not from his feet to be walked on; not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal; from under the arm […]
Published
July 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Mainers must push for bills that protect the outdoors

It’s no secret that Mainers love the outdoors. Yet the state’s protected forests, lakes and coasts are under threat in Congress. The U.S. House recently passed H.R. 6147, an Interior Department-Environmental Protection Agency spending bill that cut funding for the EPA and conservation programs such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The bill was […]
Published
July 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Let’s channel our anger into lawsuit against Trump

Let us, the concerned citizens of the United States, file a class action suit against Donald J. Trump and have millions of people, in one fell swoop, sue him! Trump has caused serious harm to my overall health. I worry constantly about the demise of democracy; the timidity, complacency, corruption and uselessness of members of […]
Published
July 29, 2018

Letter to the editor: Leaders need to SNAP out of bad policy decisions

Access to food and good nutrition is a basic human right that governments and societies around the world have, too often, failed to uphold. And, unfortunately, our state of Maine is no exception. Since 2014, tens of thousands of Mainers have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after harsh, unnecessary new work requirements […]

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