letter to the editor

Published
August 4, 2019

Letter to the editor: Noisy restaurants drive away older crowd
Published
August 3, 2019

Letter to the editor: Those who can afford to give to migrants should keep doing so

Since the new immigrants have come to Portland, it is wonderful that Mainers have given so much to help strangers. Since these newcomers need time before they integrate into Maine, they are going to need more money todo this. I live on a fixed income, like many other Mainers. We don’t have extra money because […]
Published
August 3, 2019

Letter to the editor: Congress should have voice in decision on federal death penalty

On July 26, a Washington Post story on the Press Herald’s front page informed us that the administration, after a 16-year moratorium, plans “to resume executing federal prisoners awaiting the death penalty.” It seems to me that should be decided by our Congress, not the whims of one man. Where is our Congress, anyway? Patricia […]
Published
August 3, 2019

Letter to the editor: Don’t forget that love is stronger than hate

The president’s Twitter assault on members of Congress who he doesn’t like says more about the president than it does about his targets. It verges on hatred, diminishing him as a human being and violating basic moral principles. Hatred is abhorrent, so abhorrent that the writer of the Bible’s 1st Letter of John calls it […]
Published
August 3, 2019

Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins urged to heed example of Margaret Chase Smith

Re: “Collins co-sponsors foreign influence reporting bill” (July 31, Page B1): I would like to acknowledge Sen. Susan Collins for doing the very least she could do to express her constituents’ frustration and anger with the criminal actions blatantly displayed by our president and his Cabinet. She knows that her seat is under serious threat, […]

Published
August 3, 2019

Letter to the editor: Portland would benefit from public campaign financing

Bringing Clean Elections to city races would allow candidates to spend time talking to voters instead of raising money.
Published
August 2, 2019

Letter to the editor: Trump loss might be worse than Trump victory

In his July 25 commentary, Neil Wollman convincingly presented an extensive list of consequences of a potential second Trump term. Possibly more frightening would be the alternative. Granted, Donald Trump’s former “fixer,” Michael Cohen, cannot be considered a fountain of truth, but he did know his boss. The caution Cohen gave in his February congressional […]
Published
August 2, 2019

Letter to the editor: Don’t rule out opioids as part of effective pain management plan

Complementary therapy can help, but it can be expensive and difficult to access.
Published
August 2, 2019

Letter to the editor: Expand bus service before creating Portland-Westbrook rail link

“Proposed rail service would link Portland, Westbrook” (July 31, Page A1): A total of $100 million in capital costs to move 2,162 passengers per weekday to and from Westbrook and Portland? Annual operating and maintenance costs of $7 million to $13 million? Sounds like the Brooklyn Bridge to me! How about increasing the number, frequency […]
Published
August 2, 2019

Letter to the editor: New asylum policy unjust to the many in need

The Trump administration has requested that people seeking asylum request asylum in any country they pass through first on their way to the U.S. The Central American countries are resource poor and not able to provide well for their own people. We need younger, able-bodied workers. Maine is an aging state. In the recent past, […]

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