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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Chivalry in Maine is alive and well | Letter
Today I witnessed something beautiful. A gesture I’d never seen, and may not again, though I hope I’m wrong. This morning (March 19), while driving on Congress Street near Monument Square in Portland, an elderly and frail-looking woman, petite in stature and bent at the waist, stepped onto the crosswalk to cross the street. Despite […]
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Columnist was exactly right on Iran war | Letter
Victoria Hugo-Vidal’s March 15 column, “Wasting money and killing children, for what?” was one of the best explorations of the president’s war on Iran I have read. Both empathetic and angry, it wasted no time with the disclaimers that are too often included in condemnations of the decision to take our country to war. It […]
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Impressed and reassured by Hannah Pingree | Letter
I recently met Hannah Pingree, candidate for governor, at a meet and greet in Portland. I came away thinking: “How could you have a more sincere, trustworthy, service-oriented candidate than Hannah?” She spoke at length on issues confronting Mainers. She has an impressive track record, 25 years of addressing the issues we all face here: affordable […]
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Social safety net stresses are nothing new | Letter
Victoria Hugo-Vidal (“America’s number crunchers confirm what my generation already knows,” March 22) seems to believe that the federal government is only now beginning to recognize the financial stresses on the Social Security and Medicare systems. Is she so inwardly focused that she has not been aware that the trustees of these systems have been […]
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Susan Collins’ swift action saves the day for Maine groundfish, scallop fleets | Letter
Hamstrung by rule changes, we sought the senator’s help — and got it.
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Deportation tears families apart | Letter
Each time I read about another deportation from the United States, my heart breaks a bit more. Each time, I’m reminded that the repercussions of deportation will remain with families for generations to come. For at least three generations in my own family, it’s been this way. My maternal grandparents, Charles Purinton and Flora Silva […]
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A warm welcome home at PWM | Letter
I flew into Portland last week and carried my bags to the parking garage, where I couldn’t get the elevator to work. I climbed to the second floor and found that, at age 78 — and with two bags — I didn’t want to climb any more. I was out of breath and looking for […]
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Single-payer system will transform health care for the better | Letter
In her Feb. 24 letter, Valerie Dornan offers that the National Health Service in the U.K., despite chronic underfunding, often outperforms the U.S. system. A Commonwealth Fund study, comparing the two, showed that the U.K. comes out ahead by most measures. The NHS is an example of socialized medicine. The facilities are owned and operated by the […]
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Is the president writing letters to the editor? | Letter
While reading the March 15 letter to the editor “Trump has America on a success path,” I thought I was reading a letter from Donald J. Trump himself. It was so full of gushing praise, plus comparisons to actual successful past presidents like Roosevelt, Eisenhower, even Abe Lincoln! It was so similar to what we’ve […]