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Letter: Israel’s ceasefire smokescreen
The Israeli government does not want a ceasefire in Gaza and neither does the Biden administration. The Aug. 20 AP article “Blinken ends latest Mideast visit without a cease-fire, warning ‘time is of the essence’” makes Hamas appear to be the obstacle to peace. Hamas agreed to the ceasefire President Biden announced as “Israel’s plan” […]
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Letter: Portland’s predicament: Preserving scenic views, but at what price?
Andrew Marsters’ Aug. 22 op-ed (“Views are intrinsic to the Portland park experience”) supports preserving “significant views” for future generations. However, for there to be future generations of Portlanders, we need to avoid layering restriction after restriction on our ability to build the housing those generations will so desperately need. I find the level of […]
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Letter: Universal health care will save money in the long run
I read with interest the Aug. 25 Sunday Telegram article by Stephen Murphy (“Hospital horror story a symptom of a more serious disease”), another in a continuing tale of our dysfunctional system of health care. Mr. Murphy discusses the ways in which Medicare Advantage plans (MAP), provided by private insurance companies, distort the cost of […]
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Letter: Wells property listing data worth a closer look
Available vacation properties in town vastly outnumber residential ones.
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Letter: Schools need to get dialed in on phone bans
Social media and selfies must take a backseat to nurturing thoughtful, engaged and well-educated kids.
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Letter: Column on Democrats was hypocrisy at its worst
Jim Fossel’s Aug. 25 Maine Sunday Telegram piece, “Democratic Party not living up to its name,” was pure hypocrisy. He chides Democrats for elevating Ms. Harris in the wake of Mr. Biden’s stepping down and for efforts to limit egocentric third-party candidates (Kennedy, West, Stein and others) from skewing the popular vote between the major […]
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Letter: Frances Perkins worthy of recognition
Making the Frances Perkins Homestead a national monument is a great idea. Perhaps the site might include a statue of Frances Perkins. That would add to the remarkably few portrayals in public spaces of Maine women. Alternatively, the homestead could promote portrayals elsewhere in Maine. Perkins’ statue could be near Maine’s Labor Department in Augusta, […]
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Letter: Chocolate story omits a key ingredient
Chocolate is harvested and processed under appalling conditions of child slavery, child labor and trafficked, underpaid adults. Think cotton plantations in the old South. So bad is the reputation of the industry that Sen. Tom Harkin and others have tried to curtail these practices in Africa with the U.S. Department of Labor and the International […]
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Letter: Take on Democratic ticket an exercise in creative writing
Jim Fossel’s recent exercise in creative writing (“‘Weird’ isn’t a pejorative term,” Aug. 11) struck me as more untethered from reality than usual. Take Fossel’s assessment of Joe Biden, that the president is really good at screwing up. I do remember two of Joe’s mistakes: his part in putting Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court […]