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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    August 25, 2013

    Pesto to be proud of

    What a treat! I'm very proud of this fine young man, Noah Koch, from Maine ("Vegan recipe wins boy cook trip to White House," June 25). I made the pesto and served it with a mix of orzo and quinoa to boost the protein even higher. I also had sliced fresh tomatoes on the side.

  • Published
    August 25, 2013

    If he lied, LePage is done

    Surprise, surprise, the governor makes another embarrassing remark.

  • Published
    August 25, 2013

    GOP should reject LePage

    If the Republican Party wishes to be taken remotely seriously in the next gubernatorial election, they need to reject the egregious Paul LePage as a candidate for re-election. Only then will they stand a chance of holding the office.

  • Published
    August 25, 2013

    MaineCare ride issues a bureaucratic snafu

    I wish I could say I am shocked by your series on the nonservice being undelivered by the new contractors for not providing rides to medical appointments.

  • Published
    August 25, 2013

    Experts wrong on minimum-wage hike

    Seattle is considering a minimum wage of $15 per hour so all workers there can live comfortably ("Minimum wage of $15 urged," Aug. 20). Financial experts, including a venture capitalist and a professor from California, have determined such a move will enrich everyone and create more jobs. So it must be true.

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  • Published
    August 24, 2013

    ‘LePageisms’ should not be governor’s legacy

    Gov. Paul LePage has a particular manner of expressing himself. It is definitely consistent. I noticed in the newspaper article on Aug. 20 concerning his latest statement of note that the last person interviewed thought people are getting used to the governor's somewhat less than diplomatic remarks. "Oh, there goes LePage again" sort of attitude.

  • Published
    August 23, 2013

    GOP creating needless crisis over debt ceiling

    If Republicans obstruct the debt ceiling increase, they will create a needless crisis, and they should be held accountable in the 2014 elections. While there are debt and deficit issues, the debt is not too high, the debt is going down, and the long-range problems are being addressed in a balanced and bipartisan way.

  • Published
    August 23, 2013

    The country cannot handle more handouts

    I see that Obama now wants to add another $4 billion to $6 billion to our debt, which is rapidly approaching $17 trillion. He now wants to expand high-speed Internet service to allow students and teachers to use digital notebooks. Wow! Free Obama Internet service.

  • Published
    August 23, 2013

    Sentences highlight flawed justice system

    I am writing about two stories in the Aug. 8 edition of the Morning Sentinel.

  • Published
    August 22, 2013

    Don’t misuse Bibleto push a political agenda

    In the Rev. Jeremy Hiltz's letter to newspaper ("Obamacare exemplifies the way of Satan," Aug. 3), once again we see the Bible misrepresented to forward a political agenda. By way of rejecting Obamacare, the reverend tells us that Judas "wanted to force Mary to sell her private property to give to the poor," when in fact all he does is ask if the money spent on an expensive ointment could not be better used to help poor people (John 12:1-8.) True, Jesus says the poor are always with us, but he does not say that means we should do nothing to alleviate poverty. Indeed, in Matthew 19:21-22, he tells a rich man to sell all he has and give the money to the poor, a command the reverend wrongly ascribes, as we've seen, to Judas. Jesus continues, "A rich man will hardly enter the kingdom of heaven." The reverend also says, "Conscripted giving at the point of financial or criminal penalty" is not virtuous, and "Taking another person's earned wealth by force and redistributing it hardly exemplifies the Christian way." But in Acts 5:1-11, when a married couple hold back half of their wealth from St. Peter, they are instantly stricken dead. You can't use much more force than that. The text continues, "And great fear came upon all the church and upon as many as heard these things." So "taking another person's earned wealth by force" was "the Christian way" right from the beginning. Being a good Christian means accepting all of the New Testament and not ignoring or altering select passages to support a special agenda.

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