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April 2, 2020

Letter to the editor: Marketplace will not save us from impact of COVID-19 crisis
Published
April 2, 2020

Letter to the editor: Columnist unfairly blames FDA for delayed tests

Marc A. Thiessen’s March 27 column (“Trump understands that the lockdown is unsustainable,” Page A13) defends Donald Trump by blaming delayed COVID-19 testing on the Food and Drug Administration, as if this vital department of government is separate from the administration of the president. The commissioner of the FDA, part of the Department of Health […]
Published
April 2, 2020

Letter to the editor: President shouldn’t expect praise for doing his job

There are many things that disturb me about the president’s handling – or lack of, to be more accurate – regarding the current pandemic. However, as a nurse who practiced for more than 40 years, I am totally appalled by his requirement for praise and approval in doling out needed supplies to various states. When […]
Published
April 2, 2020

Letter to the editor: Don’t use COVID-19 as excuse for groundless retail bans

Despite the implicit message of a recent AP story, the facts are on the side of continuing to allow the sale of firearms, liquor and marijuana during the pandemic.
Published
April 1, 2020

Letter to the editor: Maine must do more to deter ‘quarantine vacations’

An executive order instituting a statewide ban on short-term rentals will help protect residents.

Published
April 1, 2020

Letter to the editor: Progressives overlook their proposals’ shortcomings

Letters to the editor of this newspaper tend to run about 9-1 in favor of “progressive” policies and viewpoints, but two Monday letters showed the weak foundations of progressive arguments. One writer (Grayson Lookner) praised single-payer health care, even though countries that have it (especially Italy) have struggled mightily with the pandemic. He criticized the […]
Published
April 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 […]
Published
April 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
Published
March 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 […]
Published
March 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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