Letter
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Do more to combat poverty in Maine
The Greater Waterville Poverty Action Coalition’s recent letter, “It is too expensive to be poor” (July 28), brings much needed attention to a growing national humanitarian crisis that we have ignored for far too long. As a representative of the Maine Poor People’s Campaign, I would like to provide some specifics about poverty right here […]
President’s character falls far short
I am writing in regards to an article in the Aug. 2 newspaper headlined “Religious right balks at label.” It contained yet another way to defend President Donald Trump from the charge of racism: “He does not judge people by the color of their skin. He judges people on whether they support him. If you […]
Two ways to read senator’s remarks
I turned on the TV at six o’clock on the morning of Aug. 5 and channeled it to my local news station. Of course the topic was the shooting in El Paso, Texas. I heard senior senator of Texas, John Cornyn, say, “To see somebody trying to start a war between our cultures is simply […]