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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    March 13, 2012

    God loves men; doesn’t he love women, too?

    Faith Evangelical Church on Kennedy Memorial Drive has a huge message on its billboard: “God Loves Men.” Is the church saying that God does not love women? Just for the record, if it were not for women, men would not be on this earth. Please love all people and be kind to others, red, yellow, […]

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    March 13, 2012

    Wanting to know who won GOP delegate votes

    After the Republican straw vote fiasco, why isn’t the Maine GOP or the press reporting who won the delegate votes? The name and number of those elected to the state convention is not published on the Republican website nor has yet to be released to the press. The delegate vote was far more important than […]

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    March 13, 2012

    Walk on trails for walking, ski on trails for skiing

    “Everyone should be able to enjoy Quarry Road,” I was told by a woman walking with her adult daughter and two grandkids and a dog off the leash on the ski trails at Quarry Road. She was right to say we should all enjoy the trails, but she wouldn’t listen to my request that they […]

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    March 13, 2012

    Obama pushes social ills that Marxists push

    Danielle Bartz’s letter (“Men shouldn’t dictate women’s health care,” Feb. 28) refers to the health mandate recently proposed by President Barack Obama. This mandate would have required all Catholic entities to provide access to contraception for all its employees, despite the moral teaching of the Catholic Church against contraception. Obama did not respect the freedom […]

  • Published
    March 12, 2012

    Reclassification overlooks vital role of self-employed

    When President Barack Obama released his budget last month, he set aside $14 million to combat employee misclassification. The money would be used by the U.S. Department of Labor, the IRS and participating states to reclassify employees. How could this affect workers here in Maine? State and federal agencies would have the financial backing they […]

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    March 12, 2012

    Religious right makes it seem as if it’s 1612, not 2012

    Am I the only one shocked about the recent contraception debate and the religious hijacking of insurance coverage? I can’t believe that it’s 2012 and it’s actually an issue to provide the pill under insurance plans. It must actually be 1612, and the religious right also is trying to prevent women from other sexually deviant […]

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    March 12, 2012

    Collins led fight for Maine’s pellet heating industry

    Sen. Susan Collins led the pellet heating industry to an important milestone. In a hearing with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shawn Donovan, Collins pointed out the extraordinary technological advances in pellet central heating and bulk pellet transportation and the importance of the fuel source to the oil-dependent Northeast. She implored Donovan to consider listing […]

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    March 12, 2012

    Increase in pollution not good news for Maine

    No matter how you spin it, it’s not a good thing that Maine’s pulp and paper mills are spewing more toxic chemicals into our air, water and land. The Feb. 26 article, “More toxins? Good news” missed the mark on the federal government’s Toxic Release Inventory and what it means for Maine. Maine people and […]

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    March 12, 2012

    Who knew Maine had so many rich Democrats?

    Who knew that Maine has 100 Democrats who are willing to pony up $30,000 to rub elbows with Barack Obama at his Maine fundraiser. And who knew that 800 Maine Democrats are willing to pay anywhere from $100 to $10,000 to be in the same ballroom as Obama that same day. And people talk about […]

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    March 12, 2012

    Republicans want to prod Obama into Iranian war

    Once again, rabid politicians and media pundits spew a steady stream of propaganda designed to con Americans into supporting yet another needless war. The idea that Iran would ever attack either Israel or the United States with nuclear weapons is nonsense. Iran knows it would be destroyed in retaliation. Any pre-emptive attack on Iran by […]