On Jan. 19, Sen. Susan Collins complained that the Voting Rights Acts had too many pages. Wouldn’t it have made more sense for her to discuss what was in those pages? She then might have seen that those pages were necessary to thwart the varied Republican efforts throughout the country that were attempting to make […]
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Letter to the Editor: Anti-abortion victory would redefine personhood
The recent anti-abortion march in Washington, and the forthcoming decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, should raise concerns for all. Anti-abortion groups claim that abortion is murder, which is a relatively recent perspective. There is no scientific basis for determining when an embryo or fetus becomes a person. Instead, the beginning of personhood depends on how […]
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Letter to the Editor: Update law to prevent overdose deaths
The opioid epidemic has ripped through Maine, taking thousands of lives in only a few years. These people were our co-workers, our neighbors, our family, and our friends. Despite our nearly universal experience with these tragedies, we are still told that drug use is a problem of morality, and is punished as such. Even the […]
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Letter to the editor: Need for second booster merits more attention
My question is about second boosters for COVID-19. I am an 80-year-old and in a high-risk group. I got my first booster four months ago. A U.K. Health Security Agency study indicates that my protection has now decreased to about 50 percent. This seems to indicate that a second booster shot should be made available. […]
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Letter to the editor: News coverage biased against Maine State Police team
Re: “Troopers’ team uses methods vulnerable to racial bias” (Jan. 23, Page A1): I have to wonder, with all the recent horrific ambushes against law enforcement officers across the country, why did your newspaper decide to jump on the anti-law enforcement bandwagon and run a negative article about the Maine State Police Proactive Criminal Enforcement […]
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Letter to the editor: Continuing work on gun safety in Maine
More opportunities to pass common-sense limits are ahead for the Legislature’s Gun Safety Caucus, which worked tirelessly to pass the safe storage bill.
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Letter to the editor: Tracking down the facts on 2020 election fraud
To understand why some folks (mostly Republicans) believe the 2020 election was stolen by Joe Biden and the Democrats, and thus why we need to secure (restrict) voting rights, I did a Google search looking for evidence of this “fact.” I skipped over the dozens of links to mainstream media accounts of studies and court […]
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Letter to the editor: Only her votes indicate what Sen. Collins thinks
Common courtesy between elected officials and their constituents includes directly addressing items of common interest. Unfortunately, Sen. Susan Collins has a distinct asymmetry to her addresses. She always touts monies brought to Maine through federal largesse, but she is silent on critical political concerns. We do not know what she thinks. I read, regularly in […]
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Letter to the editor: Biden, King exaggerate current threats
Like most native-born Americans, I was routinely inoculated as a child against various infectious diseases such as polio, rabies, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, etc. And since I was a member of the armed forces who served overseas, I was inoculated against several other infectious diseases. Therefore, I have no fear of being infected by anyone […]
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Letter to the editor: Republicans don’t think they can win fair elections
I would like to thank Sen. Angus King for his strong support for voting rights and for working hard (so far unsuccessfully) to convince Republican senators to protect this foundation of democracy. Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins should be ashamed of herself. Standing by while 19 states pass laws designed to make voting more difficult for […]