I read with interest “Absurdities of the SAVE America Act are offered in bad faith,” March 25, which enumerated the dissimilarities between the license to vote and car or gun ownership. The piece correctly pointed out the potential dangers of cars and guns and the skill required for proper use, if not ownership, thereof. I […]
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Graham Platner will bring the Democrats back to the working class | Letter
I’m a volunteer for the Graham Platner campaign for U.S. Senate because I believe that Graham has what it takes to bring the Democratic Party back to its working-class roots. He wants to take down the billionaire economy and replace it with one that works for the majority of Americans. Graham is out there listening […]
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Open questions on war with Iran | Letter
There are a lot of things I don’t know. I don’t know why Donald Trump is unbothered by the fact that Russia provides Iran with satellite intelligence that allows Iran to target U.S. assets in the Middle East, like the recent destruction of a plane on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi […]
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I’m homeless, not hopeless | Letter
My partner Adam and I have, throughout our nearly two years together, faced incredible adversity. We’re homeless. Situations where some people may have, given up or succumbed to depression and become destitute. However, through our love for each other and our companionship, a healthy level of individual self-respect, our spirituality and the occasional kindness of others, we […]
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I’m donating my $300 relief check to Graham Platner | Letter
Platner should find my donation helpful on his trips around Maine.
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Susan Collins has not earned the right to continue representing Maine | Letter
President Trump’s Easter obscenity-laced rant and threat to “bomb the hell” out of Iran’s civilian power grid, since we are not at a declared war with Iran, most certainly gestures at a terrorist act and a crime against humanity. This tantrum, coming from any adult, would be unacceptable. For it to come from the mouth […]
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Dan Sayre for state senator | Letter
We could use a state senator like Dan Sayre. I first met Dan as part of my work with a local community group. Our purpose was to: “identify racial bias in ourselves, challenge racial injustice, and work together to build a more inclusive community.” He has been a strong advocate for building a more inclusive […]
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Does this presidency have a tipping point? | Letter
Maine voters cast 378,000 ballots for President Trump in 2024. What’s it costing us? The Iran war, so far, is estimated at $30 billion (Maine’s share would be a few billion), mostly for stuff we blow up. Trump promised to be president of peace, to end the Russia/Ukraine war, and now he wants to bomb a […]
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If Trump wants us to pay for war, he should ask us | Letter
We are now entering the second month of Donald Trump’s fraught war of choice and we still have no better idea why we have entered it than when we started. In his meandering speech to the American public April 1, he ping-ponged through a menu of contradictory goals, from “we have already won” to “we […]
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Let’s keep hope alive in Maine | Letter
In the face of our current administration’s daily chaotic, abusive, immoral and inhumane declarations, it is only human to defend oneself by retreating into a kind of numbness. This response is, in fact, a survival instinct — essential to our ability to keep on going. Yet even in this state, I believe we can still […]