Letters

Published
December 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Article about Portland gallery paints picture of artists’ dilemma

I want to compliment and thank the Telegram and Bob Keyes for his excellent, courageous piece Dec. 7, “New gallery draws competitors’ ire by charging artists for exposure”. He presented exactly the dilemma facing today’s artists who are struggling for recognition. Artists who, for whatever reason, have neither joined and paid Art Collector Maine’s exorbitant […]
Published
December 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Tragic death of Karin Moller calls attention to plight of caregivers

As a mental health professional and dementia educator, I am heartbroken over the death of Karin Moller. This letter is not to fault anyone for this tragedy, especially members of law enforcement, who were placed into a no-win situation. The question is not what happened on that day; the question is: What happened leading up […]
Published
December 21, 2014

Letter to the editor: Special prosecutor should probe torture that CIA oversaw

The recent revelations of the extent and forms of torture committed in the name of the United States have generated widespread shock and indignation. I believe nothing less is warranted than the appointment of a special prosecutor, a la Watergate, to investigate the actions and culpability of those who authorized and promoted the inhumane acts […]
Published
December 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Decision to open relations with Cuba greeted with hope

At last the U.S. government has come out of its deep winter sleep with regard to opening relations with Cuba. It has been a long time coming and is welcome. I have always found it curious and hypocritical that we were able to overlook the massive human rights abuses from “our best friend China” and […]
Published
December 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Michael Brown case points to need for class justice

The age of Martin Luther King has passed. No longer is there need to march for racial equality. Today, however, there is a need to march for class justice. Michael Brown would be alive today if his father were rich. Kevin Benjamin South Portland

Published
December 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Renaming of toy fund looks like selfish advertisement

I am upset that the new management of the Portland Press Herald is taking away a 65-year-old tradition of the Bruce Roberts Toy Fund, where I am a volunteer. Changing the name of this toy fund to your selfish advertisement “Portland Press Herald Toy Fund” distracts from the original intention and causes confusion about the […]
Published
December 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Lowering ozone worthwhile morally and economically

The article on the proposed federal ozone rules (“EPA proposes lower ozone pollution limit,” Nov. 27) notes that lowering the ground-level ozone standard from 75 parts per billion to a new standard, possibly as low as 60 ppb, would take money, time and effort to implement. At the same time, the article states, the lower […]
Published
December 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Display generosity toward others’ holiday celebrations

Although I am Christian and celebrate Christmas, I differ with Dave Ricker’s view, expressed in his Dec. 7 letter, that there can be no Christmas without Christ. True, the holiday was re-named after Emperor Constantine declared the then-Pagan Roman Empire to be Christian, and the 12-day festival from winter solstice to the new year was […]
Published
December 20, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine must recommit to attracting young people

I was glad to read the Dec. 7 editorial (“Our View: Maine is one of the top ‘takers’ of federal help”) and the Dec. 10 letter from Eldon Mayer (“Maine needs job growth to draw young people here”), which both drew the conclusion that in order to spur economic growth in our aging state, we […]
Published
December 19, 2014

Letter to the editor: Study doesn’t say ‘electric cars aren’t green’

The Dec. 16 article by Seth Borenstein of The Associated Press, “That all-electric car may not be so green after all,” offers outdated and misguided conclusions on whether electric vehicles are more of a problem than a solution when it comes to transportation-based emissions. As a 2012 Union of Concerned Scientists study, “State of Charge,” […]

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