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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    September 17, 2013

    Where should we draw line on slippery slope?

    Without a "classified briefing" about events in Syria, I lack the ability to have my questions answered or to make a truly informed judgment. I am reminded, however, of the events leading up to World War II and of how letting an evil get away with violating international norms and law only led to much greater troubles going forward.

  • Published
    September 13, 2013

    Hunger Action Month fights hunger in Maine

    September is Hunger Action Month. This means summer is ending, the fall season is beginning and holidays are coming upon us faster than we may be prepared for.

  • Published
    September 13, 2013

    Too many able-bodied park in handicapped spots

    The other day I was at a local store waiting to check out and a couple of young women were in front of me. They had two carts of items, and I noted that they had a lot of groceries. One of them said they were shopping for a group home.

  • Published
    September 13, 2013

    Syrian chemical weapons could be from Iraq

    President Barack Obama seems to have a lot of support to strike the Syrian military in response for its chemical weapons attack on its own civilians. The method of intervention for the U.S. in a foreign civil conflict is always a tricky one, but obviously the Syrian government crossed the line.

  • Published
    September 12, 2013

    Reasons to decline NRA’s invitation to join

    Recently, I received in the mail an invitation to join the National Rifle Association.

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  • Published
    September 12, 2013

    Veterans shouldn’t have to battle for help they need

    While attending Windsor Fair to see our nephew in the lawn tractor pulling event, a group of veterans sat in front of us. Each of these veterans had lost a limb, or multiple limbs, in our recent war.

  • Published
    September 12, 2013

    Columnist shouldn’t boast about cutting pensions

    Would Dan Demeritt (commentary, "If LePage channels his passion appropriately, GOP in good shape," Sept. 2) still sing the praises of the governor's accomplishments, including "billions saved in public pension obligations," if his Social Security benefits were cut?

  • Published
    September 12, 2013

    Gays, lesbians are treated like black people in movie

    I recently saw the movie, "The Butler," which is primarily about the civil rights movement in the 1950s and '60s. I felt sick, watching how the black people were treated in those days.

  • Published
    September 11, 2013

    Same-sex marriage law protested in France

    In the Sept. 1 edition of the Morning Sentinel, a photograph showed thousands of peaceful demonstrators who had walked across France to protest the legalization of homosexual marriage in that country.

  • Published
    September 11, 2013

    How can we afford bombs, but not schools, roads?

    I keep talking with people, and I keep receiving emails: Everyone seems so full of dread as we prepare to bomb yet another country about which we know hardly anything. Everyone is saying, "Please, please, not another war." "Please, no more bombing."