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Published
October 25, 2012

Letters to the Editor: Senate choice will affect court’s future

In another election, I would not hesitate to vote for Cynthia Dill. But this is not the time to vote one’s conscience — rather, it is the time to consider much bigger issues. It is possible that we could have a Republican president. It is also possible that two of the more liberal Supreme Court […]
Published
October 24, 2012

Letters to the editorLoaded words in Dechaine coverage

The recent wave of exonerations around the country, which, based on new DNA findings, may soon include a case in Maine, brings to mind an accepted journalism practice I’d like to see changed. It’s the way in which people who have been found guilty of a crime are often identified. For example, in two recent […]
Published
October 24, 2012

More letters to the editorRomney’s economic advisers have poor track record

Even as Mitt Romney asserts that he is not George W. Bush, whose tax cuts for the wealthy contributed to a soaring deficit, unfunded wars and our current economic discontent, it’s relevant to note that two of Mr. Romney’s key economic advisers were also economic advisers to Mr. Bush. These same advisers, Greg Mankiw and […]
Published
October 23, 2012

Letters to the editor: Painkiller article confusing, misleading

In the Oct. 7 Maine Sunday Telegram is a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article that typifies why the idea of “addiction” is media-driven (“OxyContin’s marketing trumped science in the ’90s”). The article was on Page A2, taking up half a page. It claims that the drug industry’s push of narcotics for long-term chronic pain has resulted […]
Published
October 23, 2012

More letters: Readers compare Senate qualifications of Dill, King

How can a person call himself independent when he depends on a clutch of “rich, old white men” – as Cynthia Dill describes the problem of atrophy in government – for buckets of money to support him? Angus King doesn’t look independent when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls, and King runs to Bloomberg’s home […]

Published
October 22, 2012

More letters: Same-sex marriage hasn’t hurt states where it is legal

In 2004, Massachusetts legalized civil marriage between same-sex couples. Opponents reacted with alarm, predicting terrible consequences to churches, to businesses, to children and families. Since then five more states, and the District of Columbia, have also provided civil recognition to marriage between same sex-couples. It’s now eight years and 15,000 marriages later. How have the […]
Published
October 22, 2012

Letters to the editor: ‘Johns’ case holds mirror up to society

The release of names of the “johns” in Kennebunk has profound meaning for our town and for the nation and world. While I have respect for those who oppose the release, I am also aware that no one stepped forward to protect Alexis Wright or Mark Strong from exposure. We are not concerned about their […]
Published
October 21, 2012

Letters to the editor: Paper needs refresher on sexism

A profile of Cynthia Dill that refers to her “stridency” is an unfair characterization of the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, a reader says.
Published
October 20, 2012

Letters to the editor: Backers overstate King achievements

The independent U.S. Senate hopeful’s accomplishments as governor of Maine and in the wind power business have been greatly overplayed, a reader says.
Published
October 20, 2012

More letters to the editor: Word choice in coverage of latest debate indicates biases

Word choice makes a difference; it can influence a reader’s perception, and reveal a writer’s (perhaps unconscious) expectations and prejudices. In the two Oct. 17 wire service articles covering the second presidential debate (“Crossfire, face to face” and “Combative Obama emerges”), there’s an interesting disparity between the words that describe Mitt Romney and President Obama, […]

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