As Colin Woodard’s recent reporting observed, the Supreme Court ruling rendering the Environmental Protection Agency unable to enforce industrial carbon dioxide emissions regulations is “a blow to U.S. efforts to reduce climate catastrophe.” Woodard went on to outline the good news – that Maine’s climate-related plans will continue unabated. But what about other states that […]
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Letter to the editor: On the puzzling gas-to-latte ratio
I had a tough time maneuvering my little Honda Fit into the parking lot at a Starbucks along Route 1 in Scarborough the other day, and it had nothing to do with the size of the parking spaces. I was barely able to squeeze in because the driveway was blocked by a string of about […]
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Letter to the editor: A modest (if astronomical) proposal
Tongue in cheek, there’s a simple Newtonian solution to the problem of global warming: frequent, perhaps daily launchings of rockets into space. If each one is timed to take off from its launch site at noon, toward the sun, the act of mutual separation would push the earth away from the sun, cooling our planet. […]
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Letter to the editor: Feeling the same (and differently)
I just read that (Mr. Democrat) Greg Kesich is leaving, because he feels that it’s time to move on. Guess what – I feel the same. He has used The Portland Press Herald as his personal bully pulpit to push his political agenda long enough. Let’s hope that his replacement Siobhán Brett has her head […]
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Letter to the editor: Liberal editor Kesich always fair to this conservative writer
Like most Press Herald readers, I was caught off guard by Greg Kesich’s retirement. Unlike most conservative Press Herald readers, I am personally saddened by the news, not because I know Greg as a friend – we’ve only met twice – and certainly not because of his politics. Ours has been mostly an e-mail relationship, […]
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Letter to the editor: The solution to staffing shortages begins at home
Regarding the staffing trouble Luke’s Lobster co-founder Ben Coniff expressed concern about in his July 6 column, I think the heartwarmingly disguised “help wanted” ad was lacking. First off, I am in full support of expediting the work permit process and making the immigration process more efficient and easier – we are and always will […]
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Letter to the editor: Right whale has more to fear than lobster gear
Blaming lobstering for the right whale’s shrinking numbers discounts other threats posed by large ships, climate change and natural selection.
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Letter to editor: Reinstate federal ban on assault weapons
The mass shooting in Highland Park, Chicago, last July 4 illustrates all too clearly why “a good guy with a gun” will never work against the likes of Robert Crimo III, the shooter who online had stated “I need to just do it. It is my destiny.” His planning, legally bought weapon of choice and […]
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Letter to the editor: Thank you, Greg Kesich and Bill Nemitz – enjoy the time out
Thanks to both Greg Kesich and Bill Nemitz for providing thoughtful, challenging and interesting comments and editorials. You will be missed and I wish you a deserving respite from the challenges of considering issues, commenting on them and – surely not infrequently – being verbally assaulted for your insight. Rob Boudewijn Portland
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Letter to the editor: Women will rise up and demand their rights
They were told they couldn’t vote. They were told they couldn’t work outside the home. They were told they couldn’t go to law school, be lawyers, couldn’t go to medical school to be doctors, couldn’t hold public office, mayors, governors, vice president of the United States. Couldn’t be policemen or firefighters or welders or construction […]