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Published
August 6, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 6, 2010Don’t build more N-power plants

President Obama’s nuclear energy strategy is disastrous. In “Small is Beautiful,” British economist E.F. Schumacher warned: “Ionising radiation has become the most serious agent of pollution and greatest threat to man’s survival on Earth.” 1. Carbon-14 has a half life of 5,900 years, which is how long its radioactivity declines to half of what it […]
Published
August 5, 2010

More letters to the editor, Aug. 5, 2010:Various views on LePage, GOP

In his July 30 opening salvo to discredit the gubernatorial candidacy of Paul LePage, columnist Bill Nemitz peevishly implies that LePage is an adherent of “creationism.” Grand Inquisitor Nemitz apparently stays awake at night worrying and praying that LePage will deviate from media-sanctified secularist doctrine and, God forbid, support the teaching of creationism in public […]
Published
August 5, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 5, 2010:Let independents have own debate

We all feel the downturn in the economy, and too many of us are fed up with what our government and the parties have become. That is why I am amazed to see the media continuing to support the same old parties and doesn’t want to bring the public new news and information. When I […]
Published
August 4, 2010

Letters to the editor:Help state workers with retirement

The recent articles and editorial on the “rising state pension liability” and “state workers joining Social Security” mention that more than half of the state workers fail to vest in the retirement system and do not receive a state pension. They “relinquish all the contributions that the state made on their behalf.” Of equal importance […]
Published
August 3, 2010

Letters to the editor:Labor history should be preserved

I was distressed to see the recent Press Herald article stating that the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association had consigned its banners to auction. Certainly, MCMA should have launched a public campaign to save the banners for MCMA and Portland or at least in some Maine museum. Once separated, the banners’ historical significance diminishes and the […]

Published
August 2, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 2, 2010Even after Gulf, energy law falters

I was relieved to learn that the flow of oil that led to America’s worst environmental disaster has for the moment been stopped. In the wake of the spill, the nation’s eyes have turned from the Gulf to Washington, waiting for action. At least mine have. The fight for energy reform is at our nation’s […]
Published
August 1, 2010

Letters to the editor, Aug. 1, 2010:All Celts should be welcome

t was of interest to read the July 18 Sunday Telegram article about the Maine Celtic Celebration in Belfast, “a celebration of traditions of the British Isles.” Apparently, the writer of this phrase is a bit confused about his British Isles and the word Celtic, because the large headline accompanying the pictures read “Bringing out […]
Published
July 31, 2010

Letters to the editor, July 31, 2010Homeless suffer, deserve better from us

When I was young, a convergence of crises meant that I had to find a new place to live. I also had two amiable cats and I persisted until I found a place that allowed animals. At that point in my life, losing my pets would have dealt a critical blow to me on top […]
Published
July 31, 2010

More letters to the editor, July 31, 2010Governor’s race inspiring readers pro and con

I had to read it twice to believe it: “We’ve got to send all those liberal Democrats to the unemployment line. It’s time they stop digging in our pockets and we start digging in theirs.” (“LePage conducts whistle-stop tour along midcoast,” July 25.) Is this the philosophy that we want guiding Maine’s future? I am […]
Published
July 30, 2010

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