To remain silent while witnessing the horror in Gaza is to be complicit in Israel’s taking retribution for the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by starving innocent children. It is time for our Maine representatives in the House and Senate and minority leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to speak out against the withholding of food […]
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Voter ID referendum brings potential for injustice | Letter
The title of Referendum Question 1, “Voter ID,” is misleading. It is much more than that. The biggest injustice is the restrictions on absentee ballots, especially “prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or by family members.” How else can a homebound person get an absentee ballot? In November 2020, I watched a dear friend […]
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Maine farmers should not be subject to California’s whims | Letter
A recent letter to the Portland Press-Herald on California’s Proposition 12 (“Maine lawmakers should keep EATS Act out of Farm Bill,” Aug. 13) gets it wrong. Proposition 12 is a California law that dictates costly mandates to farmers in Maine and the other 48 states if they want to sell eggs and pork in California. […]
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How we vote can affect our health | Letter
Let’s count the ways the current president and his administration are threatening our health: 1. One in six Americans dies from cancer. Currently, mRNA vaccines are being used to fight some cancers and they are a very promising approach to more cancers. The secretary of health and human services is drastically cutting back on mRNA […]
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Is it time to reconsider the political nature of our union? | Letter
It must be painfully evident to many in Congress, perhaps hundreds, that Donald Trump is ethically, morally and mentally unfit for office. Yet they won’t state the obvious because too many are complicit in his crimes to remove him. Well, they should state it anyway, because the bottom line is this madman has no right […]
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Republicans are trying to rig the system | Letter
Mainers are debating over election security and voter ID. Many say our elections are riddled with fraud, despite a complete lack of evidence. This is mostly a Republican effort to restrict the participation of people they feel are more likely to vote Democratic. To see the hypocrisy of it all, we need only look to […]
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Voter ID opponents missing a key point | Letter
Opponents of voter ID like to argue that there isn’t enough evidence to indicate that a few unqualified votes could not possibly affect the outcome of an election in Maine. Did people know that last November some races were decided by only a handful of votes, and that there was a high number of recounts […]
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Maine’s largest health system needs to step up to help LifeFlight | Letter
MaineHealth needs to share more of the financial burden in keeping this critical statewide resource operating.
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Life jackets save lives, but only if they are worn | Letter
After a boat capsized on Hermon Pond recently, a man and a child were successfully rescued by first responders. Fortunately, both were wearing life jackets, which made all the difference. Whether we’re on a large lake or a quiet pond, accidents can happen in an instant. Wearing a life jacket is one of the simplest, […]
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Are people just not a priority anymore? | Letter
Sometimes I read or hear things about what’s going on with our government and I just want to write and get it off my chest. This morning I read the headlines that the Florida detention camp needs to shut down. In this case, I think about money. All the money spent on this for naught. […]