Letters
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PublishedApril 1, 2020
Letter to the editor: State should plan to release all youths from Long Creek
We applaud the recent plan by Maine’s Department of Corrections to release a few incarcerated young people at Long Creek Youth Development Center, the state’s last youth prison, by April 1 to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, we cannot forget the remaining 37 young people locked up there, who remain at extreme risk during […]
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PublishedApril 1, 2020
Letter to the editor: Many hardworking people deserve ‘government-run’ health care
Few people would begrudge veterans their free “government-run” health care. But is the service of delivery people, farmworkers, first responders, utility, health care and food service workers, teachers, truckers, sanitation workers, et al., so much less valuable to our nation that they do not deserve the same benefit? Paul Oppenheim Pownal
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Letter to the editor: Elected officials failed to heed signs of a catastrophe
Late last year, in December, I talked to an aide to Sen. Susan Collins about a coming national and worldwide calamity. I worked in engineering and health care for 40 years, and over that time I witnessed (and listed for the aide) a number of frightening political and corporate engineering mistakes that were all adding […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Letter to the editor: Draft evaders once again willing to sacrifice those who served
I have heard and read that Brit Hume, a Fox News analyst, and others have suggested that the country go back to work, insisting that old people, who are most likely to die if they contract COVID-19, are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country. It’s so interesting that the likes of people such […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Letter to the editor: Maine CDC director’s calm, direct approach welcome
During this stressful time, I feel grateful for the steady guidance of Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. His news conferences are thoughtful and direct. He doesn’t sugarcoat the information, yet he delivers it in a way that is understandable and compassionate. We are so lucky to have […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Letter to the editor: No unemployment compensation for retired veterans
I am retired Navy, with 27 years total service, active and reserve. There is a good chance I will be faced with a layoff soon, so I checked on the unemployment compensation I might expect to receive and was told this because I receive retirement pay: “If you are receiving disability retirement pay or military […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Letter to the editor: Could virus raze barriers between Americans?
'Medicare passed not long after the uniting trauma of the Kennedy assassination'; similar progress may be possible after the pandemic.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2020
Letter to the Editor: Economy not strong enough to withstand virus
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PublishedMarch 30, 2020
Letter to the Editor: Crisis shows value of progressive policies
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PublishedMarch 30, 2020
Letter to the Editor: Government needs to lead on virus response
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