Every Republican candidate’s campaign highlights how each of them is going to cut waste and fraud from our existing government assistance programs. Let’s look at the facts: Maine is a poor state with a low per-capita income. Our citizens work very hard to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, […]
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Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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From Capitol Hill, a Maine caregiver’s message | Letter
In Maine, we are quick to help a neighbor and slow to ask for help ourselves. As a caregiver, I have learned that asking is not weakness — it is how families survive. My husband, Jesse, served eight years in the U.S. Army, with deployments to Afghanistan, Ukraine and Djibouti. He was medically retired in […]
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Consider the outcome of Susan Collins’ judicial votes | Letter
Have these votes helped the common person?
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Platner’s past has no effect on my life | Letter
I really appreciated Douglas Rooks’ June 3 column, “To understand the manhunt against Platner, dig a little deeper.” Graham Platner’s posts, texts and tats have absolutely zero effect on my life. Things that do have an effect on my life, and on other people in Maine, across the country and around the world: Will we […]
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Cleanup efforts needed in Augusta | Letter
We have lived in Augusta for six years. In that time, we have seen many beautiful things including various walking paths along the Kennebec River. However, these paths are constantly eroded by homeless encampments, along with their trash, discarded clothing and personal items such as maxi-pads and used toilet paper. If Maine wants tourism dollars, […]
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AI will never replace us, but we must use it wisely | Letter
I was pleased to read of Pope Leo’s call for better regulation of artificial intelligence so that it will better serve humankind and not just the few. I believe that AI will always require close supervision by mature adults — a role that some of its developers may be unqualified for — if it is to serve […]
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Trump and Republicans have no moral compass | Letter
I am so outraged that Donald Trump and his Department of Justice colluded to manipulate the law to steal money, from my pocket, to give to his friends and supporters (like the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrectionists), one of who has been rearrested for possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse as well as material […]
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I would sooner see the White House burned down by England | Letter
As I write this letter, I sit here looking at an “Easter at the White House 1987” Easter Egg Hunt souvenir booklet. In that year, my loving wife (who passed away last year after 49 years of marriage) and I brought our three children to that event on the South Lawn of the White House. […]
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Let’s not pretend that carelessness is an impediment to office | Letter
In response to Douglas Rooks June 4 column, “To understand manhunt against Graham Platner, dig a little deeper,” I had to shake my head at the hypocrisy of the idea that young people need to watch their social media posting if they want to run for office. We have political and corporate “leaders” across the […]
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Ranked-choice voting encourages collaboration building | Letter
In accusing three Democratic candidates of “cronyism” and “gaming” the system, by sharing their preferences with each other, Moriah Freeman (“In Maine governor’s race, connection is preferable to cronyism,” May 31) mistakes the point of ranked-choice voting (RCV). The aim of RCV is to ensure that the winner has the support of a majority of […]