I want to address our ungraceful exit from Afghanistan and the Sept. 9 Maine Voices op-ed commenting on this issue (“Twenty years after 9/11, ‘unthinkable’ looks a lot different”). I do this as an Army veteran, a retired physician and a war orphan whose father was killed by friendly fire during World War II. But […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine food amendment is a solution looking for a problem
We already have a number of laws to promote and protect the right of people to plant and raise their own food – we don’t need to pass Question 3.
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Letter to the editor: Hats off to Skoglund for placing land in trust
Re: Robert Skoglund’s commentary “The humble Farmer: I’m not exactly what you might call a happy camper” (Sept. 11, Page A11): I must confess, he’s not my favorite personality writer. Sometimes I think he sounds a bit “full of himself,” as the saying goes. But I often at least skim his columns, and today he […]
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Letter to the editor: Doctors see clear benefits in COVID vaccine
There are plenty of controversies in medicine where physicians disagree with each other. Vaccination against COVID-19 is not one of them. As soon as the vaccine was available late last year, every physician I know got vaccinated, as did I and all of our families once they could. I have practiced medicine in our community […]
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Letter to the editor: Critic of vaccination should school himself on statistics
In his Sept. 5 letter (“COVID vaccine is useless, and Nemitz should know it”), Peter Petersen accuses columnist Bill Nemitz of promulgating what Petersen calls “the big lie” that the COVID vaccine works. Petersen comes to a contrary conclusion by noting that Israel and the U.S. have similar infection rates per 100,000 population despite a […]
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Letter to the Editor: Collins should stand up for reproductive rights
Texas just passed the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the United States. It is a law that clearly violates the Roe v. Wade doctrine by limiting abortions in pregnancies past six weeks, a time that most women don’t even know they’re pregnant. Moreover, the law puts a $10,000 bounty on anyone assisting a woman attempting […]
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Letter to the Editor: Climate change should be our No. 1 priority
For two decades, we’ve listened to politicians offering their thoughts and prayers to victims of tragic events, fixable events, that by now should be our No.1 priority. California is burning, with terrible droughts in the Southwest. Hurricanes are getting bigger and stronger, as witnessed by Sandy, Katrina and now Ida, destroying cities from New Orleans […]
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Letter to the Editor: Business should have to follow kindergarten rules
An Aug. 21 letter to the editor from a manufacturers’ industry spokesperson overlooked a crucial point in his critique of climate litigation: These cases aren’t about solving climate change; they’re about dollars and cents. Adaptation and resiliency projects are necessary to protect our communities from the impacts of climate change – but they’re expensive. A […]
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Letter to the Editor: Biden’s Afghan withdrawal is an embarrassment
The Biden administration’s reckless withdrawal strategy from Afghanistan is an embarrassment, both at home and to our allies, in my opinion. Most Americans polled wanted our troops out of Afghanistan, but they also wanted it done right. We should have gotten our fellow Americans and the military equipment out before pulling the troops, not the […]
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Letter to the editor: Do the math – vaccination saves lives
Re: “Letter to the editor: COVID vaccine is useless, and Nemitz should know it” (Sept. 5): I’m sure that columnist Bill Nemitz (Aug. 22) can defend himself. However, as a clinician I want to offer the letter writer a class in statistics. The vaccine providers specifically state, over and over, that the vaccine may not […]