More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, including 29,000 in Maine. Addressing this disease remains a critical issue for our country and state. While nearly everyone is likely to be familiar with Alzheimer’s disease, many people don’t realize that it disproportionately affects older Black and Hispanic Americans. Or that almost two-thirds of Americans […]
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Letter to the editor: Animal studies are important for medicine
In the current political climate, it’s reckless for organizations like White Coat Waste Project to accuse America’s world-renowned researchers of conducting “cruel” and “wasteful” research (“Letter to the editor: Pingree to be commended for support of lab animal bill,” Nov. 17). Why would a political organization make such a dangerous claim? Because it remains opposed […]
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Letter to the editor: U.S. filing in Khashoggi case shameful
Ashamed. That is what the Biden administration and its Justice Department ought to be after it determined that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin-Salman, should be granted immunity in the lawsuit against him for his complicity in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The lawsuit was a last-ditch effort by his widow to […]
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Letter to the editor: America’s heart still big enough
‘The country surely is big enough and strong enough to recognize the joy of two people in love, regardless of their gender.’
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Letter to the editor: Let’s reassess election of attorney general
Representative Jeffrey Evangelos’ op-ed last week raised an important issue: the manner in which Maine’s attorney general is appointed, and whether this process keeps Maine’s attorney general appropriately accountable to Maine people. Maine is the only state where the state legislature elects the attorney general. This means approximately 93 people (the number required for a […]
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Letter to the editor: Thankful for police presence during school lockdown
In this season of gratitude, “thank you” to the Portland Police Department and the Portland High School building administration. On Nov. 15, the Portland police received a call about an active shooter in the school. I teach social studies at PHS, but on that day I was out sick. As texts about the lockdown started […]
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Letter to the editor: Count your blessings this Thanksgiving
Today I purchased 23 cards, two for family birthdays that are coming up and the others filled with Thanksgiving wishes. I hadn’t really planned on buying so many “turkey texts,” but the illustrations, the colors and the well wishes were just irresistible. Have you noticed that about Thanksgiving cards? Of all the seasonal cards, they’re […]
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Letter to the editor: A case for retaining Jan. 6 committee
It seems to me that it would be in Kevin McCarthy’s interest to keep the Jan. 6 committee alive after the new Congress is seated. It would certainly help ensure that Trump’s wrongdoings would continue to be revealed, thus diminishing the threat of that malignant, narcissistic sociopath from regaining political power, and allowing the Republican […]
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Letter to the editor: Telling responses from Poliquin and LePage
I was struck by, I assume, the final comments from Bruce Poliquin and Paul LePage over the past few days, as recorded in the Press Herald (Nov. 14 and Nov. 10, respectively). It seems their very comments contain the keys to their loss. Poliquin urged Democrats “to show compassion by starting to fix the mess […]
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Letter to the editor: The unseen costs of switching to electric energy
Concerning the new trend toward the electrification of America, here’s just a reminder of what’s to come. This stampede to switch to electric cars and heat pumps will put a big strain on our already crumbling grid. Electric vehicles will have to beef up their electrical services. Night workers will charge up their cars during […]