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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Changes to insurance painful to the elderly

    My husband, a licensed clinical professional counselor, traveled to area nursing homes several times a week to visit with residents for various reasons, mostly depression.

  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Who will be the voice for the nation’s unborn?

    A while back kittens were found in a dumpster. They were covered with maggots, some had died. There was such an outcry for these kittens: "How could anyone have done this?"

  • Published
    September 22, 2013

    Maine shouldn’t abandon Common Core standards

    I support Maine's adoption of the Common Core State Standards in mathematics. Maine is one of 45 states that have adopted these standards for K-12 students. Some people want to back away from these new standards. That would be a mistake. I am an educator with 30 years' experience teaching math in the public schools, including nine as an elementary mathematics specialist.

  • Published
    September 21, 2013

    Economic disparity a bigger threat than war

    Prior to the president's speech last week, Brian Williams reported statistics that I believe bodes worse for our freedom and national security than anything we might anticipate from the Middle East caldron of continuous calamity.

  • Published
    September 21, 2013

    Food, nutrition programs essential for Maine

    Every day thousands of our neighbors, friends, families and coworkers silently suffer from hunger. Instead of allowing us to help them, Congress is proposing cuts to vital programs that help feed families, children and the elderly. We can't let this happen.

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  • Published
    September 21, 2013

    Discretion, not threats, serves US foreign policy

    Many of us longtime peace movement people are old enough potentially to hurt ourselves in attempting to pat our own backs. But it was our "No more!" message that finally convinced a critical mass of our fellow citizens to oppose American participation in yet another war -- in yet another dismal corner of the empire we can't afford.

  • Published
    September 20, 2013

    Nation’s POW/MIAshould not be forgotten

    National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday in September. It honors those who were prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action. It is one of six days that the POW/MIA flag can be flown.

  • Published
    September 20, 2013

    Who are we to be moral arbiters?

    I join the overwhelming chorus of American voices strongly opposed to military action in Syria.

  • Published
    September 20, 2013

    Safety of power linesmore important than trees

    Everyone realizes trees are important. I love trees. When a tree takes out the electricity for thousands of people, however, it is not necessarily a good thing.

  • Published
    September 17, 2013

    China plan to buy cabins will result in higher taxes

    We should all take a long hard look at the town's proposal to buy The Cabins at China Lake.