In “The Odyssey,” when Calypso tells Odysseus he may finally leave her island, he replies that he longs for home — the sight of it, the life he knows there. I feel the same as a grandfather watching my two grandchildren prepare for medical school. They’ll leave Maine to train, but I hope they come […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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We are watching governance as performance art | Letter
Spectacle and showbiz always seem to come first.
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Mills and Platner should be focusing on Collins | Letter
I was a registered Democrat for 60 years. I recently changed my registration to independent because I was tired of Democrats, typically on the right side of most issues, nevertheless shooting themselves in their collective feet when it was important. The only important thing right now is defeating Sen. Susan Collins. However, with so much […]
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War on Iran is cruel, deceitful | Letter
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are cruelly and deceitfully attacking a country that in no way represents a threat. Trump has openly stated the purpose: regime change. This is something Netanyahu has been after for decades — not for national security purposes, but as part of his dream of a greater Israel. Many people are […]
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How Iran became anti-American | Letter
What does the CIA have to do with us paying 50 cents a gallon more for gas than we did 10 days ago? Plenty, it turns out. But we have to go all the way back to 1951 to discover why. That’s when Iran’s first democratically elected prime minister, a doctor named Mohammad Mossadegh, nationalized […]
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We’re asking the wrong questions about Iran | Letter
There is considerable discussion among the press and other media about how Iran’s leadership might change and what it might mean for that nation. I believe this is profoundly the wrong question. Rather, Americans should focus on what kind of country has the U.S. become. Leaving aside all the discussion of reasons, or lack thereof, and the personalities which brought our […]
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Maine’s working families must have access to child care | Letter
I work at a local preschool/daycare. During summer and school vacations, my elementary school-aged child attends child care where I work. Access to the Child Care Affordability Program (CCAP) is important to me because I have used this program for my child. Both my spouse and I, working full time, still could not afford the […]
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Saddened by decision to remove George Mitchell portrait | Letter
A stellar career has been wrongly stained by the Epstein saga.
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Are there no red lines when it comes to the Middle East? | Letter
Drunk on fossil fuels, militarist bravado and Zionist ideology, the U.S. is once again engaged in all-out, illegal and immoral war. The Biden and Trump administrations’ funding Israel’s genocide in Gaza wasn’t enough for warmongers in Washington, D.C. In just the first two days of attacks on Iran, the U.S. burned through $5.6 billion in […]
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Democrats need to move on from ‘TDS’ | Letter
I firmly believe President Trump should come out strongly in favor of breathing, just to see if those Democrats with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) on the left would stop. The Democrats on the left disagree with everything President Trump does or says. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day. The Democratic Party should […]