Letters

Published
November 19, 2019

Letter to the editor: Sowing unwarranted discord jeopardizes U.S. security

Thank you for your pithy reporting of the Nov. 13 congressional hearings. The hearings were instrumental in helping me to develop a timeline of critical events, starting with the April Ukraine elections to the May-June appropriation of military assistance, the July phone call and the August whistleblower report, followed shortly thereafter by the Sept. 11 […]
Published
November 18, 2019

Letter to the editor: Mills should sign public retirement bill

As president of the Maine Association of Retirees, I am asking all retired Maine state retirees and retired public school educators to contact Gov. Mills and urge her to sign into law L.D. 1104, An Act To Clarify the State’s Commitments Concerning Certain Public Service Retirement Benefits. L.D. 1104 is currently on the governor’s desk. […]
Published
November 18, 2019

Letter to the editor: Armenian separatist regime doesn’t deserve American welcome

On Oct. 30, Armenian lobbying groups held an event for Masis Mayilian, a representative of Armenian separatist regime in occupied Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Russia tried to undermine U.S. by interfering in our elections, invading of Ukraine, Syria and expanding in Caucasus with the help of its proxy state of Armenia. Since 1991, Armenia has […]
Published
November 18, 2019

Letter to the editor: Republicans should put country before president

President Trump has pulled the party off the rails.
Published
November 18, 2019

Letter to the editor: Impeachment process only way to hold president accountable

One of the recent refrains of congressional Republicans is “with the election a year away, let the voters decide” in lieu of proceeding with the House’s impeachment process. Why not! Because this process is more important than the already important current debate, Ukraine and President Trump’s attempt to extort “personal political dirt” on his potential […]

Published
November 17, 2019

Letter to the editor: Dershowitz accurately sums up lack of case against Trump

This is what Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, a Democrat, said during an appearance last Sunday on “The Cats Roundtable” on New York AM 970 radio. He equated the Democrats’ obsession with impeaching President Trump with the KGB under former Soviet Union dictator Josef Stalin. Dershowitz argued that the Democrats are “making up […]
Published
November 17, 2019

Letter to the editor: Impeach Trump, or prepare for more election interference

Vladimir Putin has absolute power and unlimited resources. He hates democracy and its allies, because they stand in his way. He will do anything to restore Russia to the Berlin Wall era. He knows he has what Donald Trump wants. Trump is very bad at hiding that he cares only about lining his own pockets […]
Published
November 17, 2019

Letter to the editor: Nemitz sees ‘heart and soul’ of South Portland museum, its founder

Political differences don't matter when a writer's eye for detail is this good, says the man who started and directs the Maine Military Museum.
Published
November 17, 2019

Letter to the editor: Reports of Social Security’s solvency are greatly exaggerated

Re: Tyler Cowen’s Bloomberg Opinion column “Social Security isn’t doomed for millennials, Gen Xers” (Nov. 13): His premise is highly dependent upon one of two things happening: Either the electorate will agree to a tax increase to cover the shortfall, or it will agree to allow the federal government to bail out the system. Neither […]
Published
November 17, 2019

Letter to the editor: MaineSpark working to boost workforce size, skill level

As someone who works in the IT field and knows the challenges of hiring and retaining highly skilled tech workers, I entirely agree with the recent editorial, “Our View: Maine’s labor shortage challenges every industry” (Oct. 28), urging action on increasing the size and skill level of Maine’s workforce. I am also pleased to know […]

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