The dramatic decline in Maine students’ performance should worry every single parent and teacher.
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Let’s end this shameful chapter in US history | Letter
In today’s America, we are witnessing incomprehensible, daily examples of cruelty and depravity affecting us all. How can it be that: As we celebrate this season of light and miracles, according to our individual traditions, we must hope that our country will again celebrate its precious diversity; hope that health insurance will be affordable for everyone; […]
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Leave Maine’s hockey referees alone | Letter
As a frequent flyer and friend of Troubh Ice Arena here in Portland, I plead with members of the hockey community to allow officials to call games without abuse and harassment. Both USA Hockey and the Maine Principals’ Association, the governing body for high school hockey in Maine, have a zero tolerance policy for abuse of officials. In […]
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Rejection of CMP rate hike deserves our praise | Letter
Members of the Maine Public Utilities Commission deserve a round of applause for voting unanimously to dismiss Central Maine Power’s (CMP’s) egregious rate hike request. CMP wanted to collect an additional $1.7 billion from customers over the next five years, adding $420 a year to household bills while giving itself $700 million in profit. It took clarity of […]
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Don’t isolate during the holidays | Letter
For most people, the holidays are joyous and happy occasions. For some of us, they are depressing. I fall into the latter category. On Christmas Eve, I am typically full of dread and sadness. I can’t explain this. I have experienced this since childhood. What can I do? I seek help. We don’t have to […]
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Support Mayor Dion on Portland’s homeless challenge | Letter
Portland Mayor Mark Dion raises some important questions in the Dec. 14 Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed “When it comes to sheltering homeless people, Portland can’t go it alone,” such as: Along with the Portland Press Herald, others are culpable for fostering the notion that “Portland should be able to pay for it” like the Portland […]
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Lewiston made the right call on AI data center | Letter
What a pleasant surprise to see the headline, “Lewiston votes down AI data center after public outcry” (Dec. 17). But I probably should not have been surprised. Data Center Watch, an organization that tracks public opposition to large AI data centers, notes on its website that $64 billion of these projects in the United States […]
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Questions swirl around Trump’s AI efforts | Letter
Policy makers have a lot to consider on the president’s artificial intelligence project.
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Unpack AI and media bias | Letter
Consider what AI samples before assuming the summary it provides is without bias. Media is biased, including the frequency with which certain views points are presented. AI samples this. AI does not validate what it finds, it presents the most popular viewpoints as though they are fact. Sometimes the truth is unpopular. AI is not […]
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More from Emma Joyce, please! | Letter
Emma Joyce is — in fact — a mistress of influence and her Dec. 12 op-ed, “I may not have what it takes to be an influencer,” is pure Yankee philosophy. Hopefully the decision makers at this newspaper will force her into a weekly column. This paper has a history of bringing its readers quirky, cranky and endearing […]