Letters

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December 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Urge Maine’s delegation  to support ‘Carbon Rule’

For the sake of Maine, we must encourage Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins and Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud to support the so-called “Carbon Rule,” which enables the Environmental Protection Agency to crack down on the most polluting, carbon-emitting power plants in the U.S. Maine is the recipient of high quantities of CO2 […]
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December 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Let’s think again about older brains

The Nov. 29 article (“Study finds older brains more perceptive, distracted”) describing the research of Takeo Watanabe and colleagues was intriguing. The researchers found that older subjects (in their 60s and 70s) tended to use brain white matter to interpret a pattern of numbers and letters displayed on a background of moving dots, while the […]
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December 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Republicans should stop blocking immigration bill

President Obama (“Obama calls immigration fixes lawful and sensible,” Page A1, Nov. 21) has done the right and decent thing by issuing executive actions that will bring some humanity and common sense to our immigration system, recognized as “broken” by virtually all. The Senate did its job a year and a half ago by passing […]
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December 3, 2014

Letter to the editor: Absence of Wal-Mart workers at protests shows they’re intimidated

Re: “Protesters demonstrate at Wal-Mart in Scarborough” (Nov. 28): The comments by Wal-Mart spokespersons Kory Lundberg and Brooke Buchanan would be almost laughable if they weren’t so disingenuously manipulating the realities of being a Wal-Mart employee. Lundberg’s statement that Wal-Mart employees do not demonstrate is mostly true. But that is due not to satisfaction – […]
Published
December 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Immigrants should stand in line to become citizens

I am not anti-immigration per se. America is great because of immigration, but it is important that everyone stands in line to get in. The word “illegal” means “not according to law.” If America just opened its doors, then the whole world would come in. My parents stood in line to become Americans. President Obama’s […]

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December 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Medicare recipients should be sure to evaluate options

Seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries should be aware that this year – perhaps more than any year in the past – is an important one to pay attention to their Medicare coverage options during the open enrollment period, which ends Dec. 7. And that’s because of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA brings with it […]
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December 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Verifying EBT eligibility does not deny access to program

Your Nov. 25 article “Some say Maine DHHS required them to get EBT card photos” mentions that food stamp spending in Maine has risen from $160 million in 2005 to $367 million this year. With a 110 percent increase in costs, shouldn’t we all begin to think that there has also been an increase in […]
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December 2, 2014

Letter to the editor: Prosecution in Ferguson case a travesty

I once served on a federal grand jury for two years and heard testimony in about 50 cases. My experience was utterly unlike the travesty created by St. Louis County, Missouri, “prosecutor” Bob McCulloch in the case of Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson, Michael Brown’s killer. I put “prosecutor” in quotes because Mr. McCulloch’s entire […]
Published
December 1, 2014

Letter to the editor: Pedestrians need to be careful crossing the street

This is an urgent warning to pedestrians in Portland: Walking in a crosswalk doesn’t make you impervious to death unless you have a red S on your shirt. At night, wearing dark clothing and being back-lit by oncoming cars’ headlights makes you invisible right up to the point that you get hit and run over. […]
Published
December 1, 2014

Letter to the editor: Chimp’s personhood case presents complex question

Since I have been involved in several legal proceedings defending the legal rights of human beings, especially the very young and very old, I read with great interest Mary Esch’s article (“Court weighs ‘personhood’ for chimp,” Oct. 19) regarding the New York State Court of Appeals case whether chimpanzees are entitled to “legal personhood” under […]

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