letter to the editor

Published
July 26, 2019

Letter to the Editor: American is beautiful, not perfect

At the end of a recent Sunday Mass, honoring America’s great Independence Day, we sang the song “American the Beautiful.” The words written by Catherine Lee Bates, included: “America! America!/ God mend thine every flaw/ Confirm thy soul in self-control/ Thy liberty in law!” Now, more than at any other time in our history as […]
Published
July 25, 2019

Letter to the Editor: You can’t compare U.S. detention centers and Nazi camps

The detention centers at the U.S. border were established to hold people who are trying to enter the country illegally or under dubious asylum claims. The centers are necessary to determine just who has a legitimate claim to seek residence in our country. People detained there receive: food, water, clothing, medical attention, etc. Conditions there […]
Published
July 25, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Cruel values at the top lead nations to ruin

My parents served on a military government team which de-nazified the German media at the end of WWII hostilities. I asked my father how was it that Germany, who gave us the likes of Nietzsche, Marx, Wagner, Beethoven, and Bach, could also produce the third Reich. He leaned back and said: “Imagine that the world […]
Published
July 25, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Moral clarity needed in immigration debate

Last week, a congressional committee released a report stating, “The Trump Administration’s child separations were more harmful, traumatic, and chaotic than previously known.” Our elected officials have a moral and ethical obligation not only to speak out against these human rights violations, but to do something. Over a year ago, Sen. Susan Collins said she […]
Published
July 25, 2019

Letter to the Editor: High excise tax hurts Mainers

A relatively low registration fee doesn't add up to a good deal for the state's drivers.

Published
July 24, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Suffrage anniversary good time to elect a woman president

Your July 21 commentary on our suffrage century was appreciated (1919: The year Maine women won the vote). The Maine State Museum has an excellent exhibit on the same. We men have messed this country up for long enough. The timing is perfect to elect our first women president. Not a puppet of the “establishment” […]
Published
July 24, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Technological achievement no measure for civilization

It's sad that it's been easier to put a man on the moon than feed the hungry.
Published
July 24, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Robert F. Kennedy still speaks to our time

As Sen. Robert F. Kennedy observed, “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.” As a consequence of these actions, whether in Nazi Germany toward Jews, Turkey […]
Published
July 24, 2019

Letter to the editor: Indifference is wrong response to suffering

Indifferent is an adjective, defined as a lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern for something: Apathetic. The influx of asylum seekers currently living in the Expo Center is nothing short of a humanitarian crisis. Community members are collecting strollers, diapers, underwear, shoes, books and more. Private citizens have donated $800,000 and counting. Communities surrounding Portland […]
Published
July 23, 2019

Letter to the editor: Unethical dentists contribute to high costs

This letter is in response to the writer who complained about high dental costs. l would like to suggest he read the Atlantic Magazine expose in the May 2019 issue. While there are many ethical dentists and practices there are a great many who are questionable in their administration of services. Thanks to fluoridation and […]

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