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  • Published
    June 24, 2012

    Letters to the editor, June 24, 2012Rail would surpass east-west road

    Construction of a four-lane toll highway across Maine to get freight from Calais to Coburn Gore doesn’t make sense. We are running out of fossil fuel. It is becoming much more costly. If there is a need to move a lot of freight between those points, the cost and availability of fuel are major factors. […]

  • Published
    June 23, 2012

    Letters to the editor: Imagination and kindness appreciated

    How sad I was to learn that Ray Bradbury, beloved author of “The Martian Chronicles” and “Fahrenheit 451,” had died. My personal involvement with Bradbury began when I was a book-obsessed preteen. I couldn’t get enough of his evocative style and uncanny insights into the fanciful minds of kids who seemed to be like me […]

  • Published
    June 22, 2012

    Letters to the editor: Stop-smoking funds pay off in long run

    With the votes now cast on the governor’s latest budget, I have heard some lawmakers defend their vote for it as an attempt to move Maine into the “mainstream” with other states.  While this may be true in some respects, in one instance this is glaringly false. In 2010, only Alabama and Georgia did not cover […]

  • Published
    June 20, 2012
    Betsy Smith

    Letters to the editor, June 20, 2012Parsing implications of gay marriage

    The latest figures taken from the 2010 U.S. Census reveal that, in the terminology of the Census Bureau, there are more than 27 million opposite-sex couple households (both married and unmarried) with children, as compared with 115,000 same-sex couple households (both married and unmarried) with children. This striking imbalance proves conclusively that male-female households will […]

  • Published
    June 19, 2012

    Letters to the editor, June 19, 2012Pastor didn’t host Burundi official

    As an advocate and friend to many Burundian immigrants, it was disheartening to read your interpretation and factual inaccuracies in “Refugees protest Portland visit by Burundi minister” (June 9). I have had the honor and privilege to become a part of the Burundian community as an International Christian Fellowship member, where my father, Pastor Glenn […]

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  • Published
    June 18, 2012
    George Clooney, Barack Obama

    Letters to the editor: Defending Obama’s celebrity fundraisers

    I disagree with Kathleen Parker’s column (“Obama’s singing is in tune with the music of the Hollywood rich,” June 7) on the support Obama receives from people in show business. The nugget I take issue with is this: “It becomes increasingly difficult for the Obama campaign to insist that the president is fighting for the […]

  • Published
    June 17, 2012

    Letters to the editor: Two takes on politics of abortion

    I have been astounded at the current Republican “war on women” that has been occurring in various states and now on a national level. The most recent example of this war is the proposed bill by U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., that would restrict the abortion options of women in the District of Columbia. What […]

  • Published
    June 16, 2012

    Letters to the editor

    Answer for Vigue: Spend on university

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Letters to the editor: Put resources into promoting peace

    In the Press Herald of May 23, it was reported that a Senate subcommittee had overruled a military request to close bases they no longer need. It has also been reported that another congressional committee has insisted on including in the budget an East Coast missile defense project that the Pentagon said was unnecessary. In […]

  • Published
    June 14, 2012

    Letters to the editor: Film shows harm caused by chemicals

    Fifty years have now passed since the first publication of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” a monumental work of environmental social critique that provided overwhelming evidence of the harmful effects of chemicals and pesticides on the environment, animals and humans. Although Carson’s work contributed to the successful banning of the pesticide DDT in the U.S. in […]