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Published
September 4, 2013

Letters to the Editor: Tar sands oil isn’t the bogeyman

When I was little, we worried a lot about the bogeyman. Nobody had proved he existed, but that was exactly what made him so frightening. Without a description to constrain him, the bogeyman was free to become the sum of your fears, in whatever shape you chose. I couldn’t help recalling this as someone stopped […]
Published
September 3, 2013

Letters to the editor: Bayside project too big for Portland

Will everyone who wants to see four 165-foot modern industrial towers and two 70-foot parking garages as their first view of Portland when arriving by car please raise a hand? If we could see the response, we’d see the hands of the Portland Planning Board, a local developer, a Boston architect and the corporate hand […]
Published
September 2, 2013

Letters to the editor: Help break bad habit – raise tobacco tax

The state of Maine should be proud that its efforts to curb youth tobacco use by cracking down on illegal underage sales are working (“For Maine youths, tobacco is tough buy,” Aug. 27). The fact that the state tied for first in the country at keeping youths from illegally purchasing tobacco is evidence that enforcing […]
Published
September 1, 2013

Letters to the editor: Force won’t make Riverview safer

As a former employee at Riverview Psychiatric Center, I state that some of the best health care providers I have ever known work there. The compassion and commitment shown there are truly inspiring. Current difficulties may not lie in the legal status of those served, but likely in the commitment to providing the resources to […]
Published
August 31, 2013

Letters to the editor: Thoughtful review informs artist, readers

I’d like to address Albert H. Black’s letter (“Art reviewer shares blame for expecting explanations,” Aug. 25) commenting on Daniel Kany’s art review of David Driskell’s work. From an artist’s standpoint, I must defend Mr. Kany. The art critic has, in the past, wielded huge power in making or breaking careers. Clement Greenberg was the […]

Published
August 30, 2013

Letters to the editor: Christians struggling all over Mideast

It isn’t often I find myself nodding my head with agreement while reading M.D. Harmon’s weekly column (“Christian groups under siege amid unrest in Egypt,” Aug. 23), but he did a solid job of summing up the misery the Christian community of Egypt is currently enduring as that nation descends further into bedlam. I only […]
Published
August 29, 2013

Letters to the editor: Media overlook excitement about Baxter

Why does the press continue to focus on every little problem, no matter how small, that Baxter Academy faces? Certainly CNN, Fox News and the like also focus on everything negative that happens in the world, and little of the many positive events, so maybe the press in Maine is no different. It appears that the […]
Published
August 28, 2013

Letters to the editor: ‘Plain-spoken’ LePage must own his words

Gov. LePage was reportedly overheard saying recently that President Obama “hates white people.” Then he said, “No, I never said that,” effectively accusing some of his Republican supporters at the gathering of lying. In his latest letter to Republicans, he represented himself as being “plain-spoken … and blunt” and said that he is “not […]
Published
August 27, 2013

Letters to the editor: A vision of justice, not retribution

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that one day, a people long denied their rights would become full citizens of our nation. Today, I have a dream — a dream for Maine and our nation. I have a dream that one day everyone, even those who fall and harm others, will […]
Published
August 25, 2013

Letters to the editor: State needs to welcome the young

With respect to “The Challenge of Our Age” Special Report series, I can clearly remember growing up in the ’70s in Camden and listening to residents talking about ways to discourage “outsiders” as they would make too many changes to the state. Too many young people leaving the state every year may be one result […]

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