Unconstitutional to force us to pay for uninsured

Letters to the Editor

Published
April 12, 2012

Unconstitutional to force us to pay for uninsured

The health care reform bill is in the Supreme Court. We won’t know whether the law will be upheld until June. Why should Clarence Thomas be sitting on the bench for this case, when his wife has connections to groups opposed to the measure? The Republicans say it is unconstitutional to have health care reform. […]
Published
April 11, 2012

Is a corporation really a person?

I am a corporation. I am a person, but: I do not feel cold I do not feel hunger I do not feel loneliness I do not feel sorrow I do not feel pain I do not know joy I do not know friendship I do not know compassion I do not know wonder I […]
Published
April 11, 2012

Was cause of justice served by judge’s ruling?

The many recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted persons because of improved scientific forensic tools have exposed flawed judicial systems nationwide. Too often the prime focus of courts is on a strict adherence to legal procedures that stifle the search for the truth. As a result, a number of state courts now accept overriding pleas of […]
Published
April 11, 2012

Clean Elections Act levels money playing field

Maine’s Clean Election Act promotes true democracy in Maine’s legislative races. For more than a decade now, Maine voters, regardless of political party affiliation, have been able to support their own local House and Senate candidates who participate in Clean Elections with a $5 contribution (online at www.maine.gov/ethics). With enough of these contributions, Clean Elections […]
Published
April 10, 2012

Not all nuts should have right to bear arms

Since it is obvious that we cannot be on the scene of all events taking place locally and throughout the world, we must rely on the media for information. When I see evidence of mass demonstrations protesting the killing of Trayvon Martin, I am convinced this is not a knee-jerk reaction to some imagined injustice. […]

Published
April 10, 2012

Criminal justice system has means to correct errors

To err is all too human. A recent “60 Minutes” story concerned Michael Morton, wrongfully convicted 25 years ago for murder after the prosecutor withheld vital evidence from the defense. Tragically, the real killer killed again. The prosecutor apologized for the error without accepting blame. Luckily for him, the Supreme Court has granted prosecutors immunity […]
Published
April 9, 2012

Supreme Court’s credibility at stake on health care

Let’s hope that the U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t come up with a partisan 5-4 decision on the Affordable Care Act. The court’s credibility is at stake. The general public is turned off by Congress, where each party is obsessed with defeating the other party while ignoring the need to work together to solve the nation’s […]
Published
April 9, 2012

We need to put sane limits on our political casino

President Barack Obama got caught on an open mic in Russia the other day, talking confidently about his re-election. The other campaigns pounced on it, and off they went for another news cycle. It appears we’re in for a year of distraction, with Congress distracted and stalled, candidates raising millions and campaigns spending those millions […]
Published
April 9, 2012

Who deserves the ‘F’ for not compromising?

Olympia Snowe recently said she would give the president an “F” for failing to work with Republicans. During the crafting of the Affordable Care Act, Snowe was given unprecedented access to Barack Obama. Eventually, the public option was dropped from the bill at her insistence. Apparently, she didn’t care that the vast majority of businesses […]
Published
April 9, 2012

Government becoming increasingly inhumane

Just picture it folks: Your 18-year-old daughter can get arrested for a minor traffic infraction, perhaps even because of a computer error, and she can be subjected to repeated invasive strip-searches. Five justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have just ruled that this is perfectly OK. I look around and see many people in our […]

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