Re: “Some say public art project crosses a line” (Nov. 11, Page A1): I am writing to express my opposition to and revulsion at the recent public “art” project by Caitlin Cameron, in which lines are marked on Portland sidewalks and streets. In my view, those lines are offensive and more like graffiti than art. […]
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Letter to the editor: COVID crisis affects care for us all
Reporting should make clear how high case rates are affecting emergency departments and average waits to be seen.
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Letter to the editor: Republicans are anti-American
What to make of Republicans? Deep down they know the election was not stolen, yet they persist in the Big Lie. They know that true democracy allows all eligible citizens to vote, yet they pass voter suppression laws. They know elections should be conducted by impartial entities, yet they try to install their political stooges […]
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Letter to the editor: Leave the leaves, deal with the ticks
Maybe we can save the planet one lawn at a time.
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Letter to the editor: Shame on health care workers who ignore science
The vaccine mandate supports a healthy society and, necessarily, a healthy workforce. To refuse to acknowledge medical research and its responsibility for a healthy society would seem to beg the reasons for science and its conclusions in the first place. No large amount of gray matter is necessary to appreciate the conclusions of scientific research […]
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Letter to the Editor: Letter on abortion impact hit a new low
The letter you ran on Nov. 14 with the headline, “Roe could be linked to today’s worker shortage,” is ludicrous. I would like to find throughout the Insight section writing that challenges us all to be better thinkers. Too often, I find instead writing that demands we forgo thinking altogether. This particular letter sets a […]
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Letter to the Editor: News sends unintended message about climate change
I was watching the news the other day, when the subject of global warming came up; so off we go to the most northern village in the Inuit Nation. The commentator was telling his audience that the rising sea level will soon inundate this village. In the background, an ATV (fossil fueled) rambles by. The […]
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Letter to the Editor: Don’t cut down trees for solar arrays
The article about the proposed solar farm in Topsham hammers home the lack of holistic approaches of solar farms in Maine and the world. Any building not in tree shade should have solar panels on the [flat] rooftops because that real estate is already developed with great potential to site PV panels, while fallow farmland […]
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Letter to the Editor: Child welfare workers need better training
I grew up and lived in Maine for 35 years. From 2000-2002, I worked for Maine’s Child Death & Serious Injury Review Panel. Today, I am an academic, a national expert on children who die from abuse or neglect. I have testified before a Congressional commission, published a book and dozens of academic papers, and […]
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Letter to the editor: Thoughtless crowds cause senseless concert deaths
In 1978, I was generously provided free tickets, while homeless, to a KISS-Aerosmith concert at The Seattle Center’s auditorium in, well, Seattle. While awaiting entry in the front of the line, I started hearing excitement. The doors must have finally opened. It was first-come seating, and the crowd surged forward and happily started forcing its […]