Maine has a long history of protecting individual rights and keeping personal, family decisions out of the political sphere: one of the first three states to enact marriage equality through popular vote, in 2012; death with dignity, in 2019, and the right to a legal abortion affirmed since 1979, a protection that was updated just […]
Letters
Letters to the editor.
Letter to the editor: Court must weigh the rights the majority have to life
Since 1975, Gallup polls document that fewer than 20 percent of Americans believe a woman’s right to choose an abortion should be banned in all cases. This small, but vocal, minority reports to be defending the right of a fetus to a life it cannot yet sustain outside the host’s body. The most vocal of […]
Letter to the editor: Let’s raise awareness of benefits of postsecondary education
Postsecondary education is vital in securing good jobs and careers in the 21st century. Many economists now project that in order to maintain a middle-class lifestyle, an individual will require knowledge and skills available only through some sort of postsecondary education after high school. Although many entry-level jobs once required only job experience, employers in […]
Letter to the editor: Carbon dividends would protect us from energy cost hike
Bravo for the inspiring Bill Nemitz column on Maine COP26 contributor Susana Hancock (Nov. 21). The U.S. could lead the world to a sustainable future, and Maine lawmakers are critical to this effort. With EU and UK carbon tariffs starting to hit U.S. products in 2023, economic pressure to join every other developed nation and […]
Letter to the editor: Dole remembered for support of direct elections
The late Sen. Bob Dole, Republican of Kansas, was not only a supporter of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but also – in 1979 – expressed his support for direct elections: “Were we to switch to a system of direct election, I think we would see a […]
Letter to the editor: Long past time to focus on Maine housing crisis
An earlier task force encouraged local planning, but it’s obvious now that this approach can’t meet the need.
Letter to the editor: Roe’s future in hands of those with no stake in it
I guess I am one of those nuanced people about abortion, as identified recently in The New York Times. I am a year away from 80, so it isn’t something I have to worry about for myself. In our early years of marriage, it wasn’t really available and it wasn’t anything we considered. After two […]
Letter to the editor: Column doesn’t clarify how state is supporting Maine schools
Martin Mackey, director of Rethinking Responsive Education Ventures for the Maine Department of Education, has written a Maine Voices column that spells out plans for the future of education in Maine (“Here’s how we build Maine schools that work for everyone,” Dec. 7). Unfortunately, the document is so replete with jargon and ill-defined terms that […]
Letter to the editor: Help stop COVID variants – get the vaccine
To prevent the ‘vicious cycle of infection, replication and mutation,’ prevent infection through vaccination.
Letter to the editor: We’ve broken our promises on gun violence
Common-sense ways to keep kids from being injured or killed by firearms have been identified. Now let’s enact them.