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Published
January 14, 2020

Letter to the editor: Congress should rein in Trump’s war powers

Several war powers resolutions are circling the House and Senate to rein in a crazy man in the White House. The U.S. had no business assassinating Qassem Soleimani. This is a war crime. Being a “nation of laws” where we have “trial by jury,” and “innocent until proven guilty,” there is never a justification to […]
Published
January 13, 2020

Letter to the editor: Maine would benefit from single-payer health care

Maine has waited long enough. For years now, America has famously had the world’s highest health care costs among developed nations – yet has the lowest health care quality. Why? Because the middleman in our health care system has been the private insurance industry, which by almost any sensible measure has failed the American people. […]
Published
January 13, 2020

Letter to the editor: Former prosecutor shouldn’t be on pardon board

Why is John Kelly, who, as an assistant attorney general, oversaw the 1968 raid on attorney Donald Gellers’ home, still employed by the state’s board of pardons, after his disgraceful part in the sordid campaign to destroy Gellers’ career and stop his advocacy for justice for the Passamaquoddy Tribe? Why isn’t Kelly, if not in […]
Published
January 13, 2020

Letter to the editor: Print paper part of morning ritual

I have been a Press Herald subscriber for 12 years, and I am not pleased by the decision to suspend publication of a print edition on Mondays and replace it with a digital edition. Digital and print publication are not equivalent. Throughout my adult life, I have begun each day by settling down over my […]
Published
January 13, 2020

Letter to the editor: Growing use of glottal stop is giving reader kih-ens

That hard-working, mid-word consonant 't' deserves to be heard.

Published
January 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: Vegan reader appreciates ideas for meatless meals

I have been a vegetarian for 29 years and went vegan last July. It is often a lonely trek but the right one for me. I want to thank you for last Sunday’s paper. We have a subscription and read meat-based recipes all the time and feel isolated. Now MDH and I are excited to […]
Published
January 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: Media overlook illegal immigration’s impact on black workers

A recent New York Times story, “After ICE raids, a reckoning in Mississippi chicken country” (Dec. 28), reports that when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids removed hundreds of illegal immigrants last summer from the Koch Foods plant in Morton, Mississippi, blacks got the jobs. No surprise. Whenever ICE raids have happened at chicken plants, […]
Published
January 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: Study the science – recess is good for kids

It's 'absolutely shocking' that officials at a Brunswick school are cutting back on second-graders' breaks to prepare them for third grade.
Published
January 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: We don’t need to use torture to shield ourselves from terrorism

I recently watched Amazon’s “The Report.” While Adam Driver’s portrayal of Senate Select Intelligence Committee staffer Daniel Jones is nothing short of compelling, what really stuck with me from the movie was utter shame in my home country. The film details the extensive FBI investigation of CIA torture methods forced on suspected terrorists within black […]
Published
January 12, 2020

Letter to the editor: ‘Mockingbird,’ Trump trials make for disquieting comparison

For most of the years since it was published in 1960, Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” has been voted America’s favorite novel, and its main character, Atticus Finch, has been the perennial leader in America’s “greatest film hero” lists. The novel’s climax occurs when the 1930s all-white jury from Alabama convicts Atticus’ innocent client, […]

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