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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Securing democracy must be our top priority | Letter
I am not focusing on the different political choices we made in the last presidential election; that’s history now. Instead, I’m turning the page and looking ahead with grave concern. I’m frightened by executive actions declared by President Trump, many challenging the Constitution and threatening our democracy. James Madison argued in Federalist 47, “the accumulation […]
Response to Kirk killing a new form of ‘cancel culture’ | Letter
Charlie Kirk would be rolling over in his grave if he saw the controversy created by his horrible death. He advocated for free speech, no matter how despicable it is, or whether we agreed with it — whatever one’s beliefs. The First Amendment is first because that is how much our Founding Fathers believed in […]
Prevent future gun tragedies by voting ‘Yes’ on Question 2 | Letter
Please join us Maine voters and vote “Yes” on Question 2. As a Cape Elizabeth resident I am compelled to support this common-sense measure. Keep firearms out of the hands of those who might abuse them. With the Extreme Risk Protection Orders a family can go directly to a court should a loved one be […]
Maine’s leaders need to put people ahead of polluters | Letter
Big Oil should contribute a share of its profits to a federal climate fund; let’s tell our delegates in D.C.
Executive orders are not laws | Letter
Executive orders are not laws; John Adams understood the importance of the difference. In a recent letter (“Those angry about ICE forget we are a government of laws,” Sept. 8), regarding the quote from John Adams, “We are a country of laws and not of men,” the writer failed to note that “laws” are created […]
Grateful for Collins’ column on Charlie Kirk | Letter
Thank you for publishing Steve Collins’ column, “Charlie Kirk was wrong about Maine” (Sept. 16). Using Kirk’s statements from a Maine Civic Action event this summer in Old Orchard Beach, Collins shared the words and sentiments that earned Kirk’s Turning Point USA a position on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s national Hatewatch list. It’s challenging […]
Free speech is under attack | Letter
Unless we say Charlie Kirk was a national hero, we are not allowed to say anything. Unless we say that his assassin was a leftist, we are being muted. The Trump regime is censoring free speech by anyone who points out Kirk was a racist, a misogynist and spoke hatred. And, free speech is being […]
Humor is still a powerful weapon against Trump | Letter
The cancellations of Jimmy Kimmel’s and Stephen Colbert’s programs only proves the point.
Sen. Collins must stand up to Trump | Letter
This is about Sen. Susan Collins’ weekly Tuesday reports to the citizens of Maine, reports that celebrate blueberries, fire station improvements, someone’s retirement from EMMC, a summer interns meeting, her own class reunion, a middle school fishing derby, etc. During normal times, these events could be considered noteworthy. Not so now, when our country’s democracy […]