Letters

Published
November 14, 2014

Letter to the editor: State shortchanges local cost of public education
Published
November 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Ebola nurse merits our thanks

I am mortified and appalled at the treatment of Kaci Hickox and our other heroes who have so selflessly given of themselves to our global neighbors in West Africa. I grew up in Maine (and intend to retire there), and have been practicing public health for more than 25 years. We need to stop spreading […]
Published
November 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: USM protesters should try for lawmakers’ support

It is heartbreaking to read of the severe and frequent cuts being made at the University of Southern Maine to programs that are truly the soul of a liberal education. How can USM call itself a university without teaching languages, for example? While the Portland Press Herald has reported on what is happening at USM […]
Published
November 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: People who don’t pursue liberal arts are not limited

While it’s true that you can’t argue that the color yellow is superior to green, John Grandin (“Another View: Young professionals need more than a narrow set of job skills,” Oct. 19) restirs the age-old pot that academia needs an infusion of the arts and humanities into science curricula. But we’ve seen that movie before. […]
Published
November 13, 2014

Letter to the editor: Let’s have the courage, compassion to discuss end-of-life options

Columnist Ellen Goodman wrote recently about the terminally ill California woman who relocated to Oregon where the right to end her life is legal. MaineToday Media has published some exceptional pieces in recent years addressing this very sensitive – yet very essential – topic. I write while awaiting word from New Jersey as my extended […]

Published
November 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Lawmakers, regulators should warm to solar energy

Maine’s Public Utilities Commission is once again considering whether ratepayers should subsidize the extension of natural gas pipelines. The U.S. has an abundant and relatively inexpensive supply of natural gas, and it does burn efficiently. Modern drilling techniques, however, are energy-intensive, and that fact, coupled with the leakage of methane inherent in drilling, means that […]
Published
November 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Maine should not subsidize liquified natural gas

A giveaway to pipeline interests and the conscious decision by Augusta to spit rejection into Statoil’s face don’t make sense. A long-term strategic plan for powering sustainable living in Maine needs to be developed. Natural gas is normally delivered via urban gas lines installed long ago. New lines would need to be installed under all […]
Published
November 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: USM can’t afford to gut language courses

The Oct. 27 article “Language arts dying out at USM” highlights how the continued dismantling of the University of Southern Maine would likely affect foreign language offerings. It appears that the already austere languages department, now with less than a handful of full-time Ph.D. faculty teaching French, Spanish and classics, would cease to exist with […]
Published
November 12, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cartoonists ignore fact that chocolate can poison dogs

There have been three cartoons in the paper recently that have shown characters feeding dogs chocolate. I am writing to you because I have no way of reaching these cartoonists and informing them and others that chocolate, especially dark chocolate, can kill a dog. On the pets section of the website WebMD, it says that […]
Published
November 11, 2014

Letter to the editor: Portland’s improvements apply to peninsula only

As a lifelong resident of Portland, I am very proud to see what the city is becoming. Bayside and the Hill are undergoing major changes. Franklin Street is about to be redesigned. Improvements are everywhere, but residents off the peninsula are being left out. Lessons can be learned from history. In the late 1800s, the […]

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