Letters to the Editor - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

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Letters to the Editor

Published
April 28, 2013

We shouldn’t turn Knight into media sensation

I understand that Christopher Knight, the hermit, is news here in Maine for his 27 years living in the woods, allegedly stealing to live.
Published
April 28, 2013

Maybe special fee needed for some dogs

Before I even began reading about the poor little girl attacked by a dog, I knew it had to be a rottweiler or pitbull or a mix of those breeds.
Published
April 28, 2013

Giffords op-ed powerful, should be required reading

"Senators say they fear the NRA and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first-graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets." So writes Gabrielle Giffords in an op-ed piece for The New York Times responding to the Senate defeat of a bill to expand background checks. Giffords has a unique perspective about the national gun debate as a former representative from Arizona, a gun-friendly state, and as the victim of gun violence who was shot two years ago at point-blank range.
Published
April 28, 2013

By vote, Senate indirectly condones shooting deaths

Gun control legislation was defeated in the U.S. Senate on April 17, by 46 votes -- enough to prevent its passage.
Published
April 28, 2013

Gun-free zones not necessarily safe for kids

Let's suppose that Adam Lanza had not taken his own life after murdering 26 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary and was captured instead.

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Published
April 28, 2013

Let Knight’s lawyer pay tab for restitution

Christopher Knight hasn't worked a day in his life. Apparently, all he has done over the last 27 years is steal. He chose a lifestyle, and the public has paid for it through his alleged acts of thievery.
Published
April 27, 2013

Preventing hunger is not a partisan issue

Your recent editorial, "Far too many Mainers still hungry, poor," (April 14), reminded us all too well of the hardships many fellow Mainers face more than five years since the Great Recession began.
Published
April 27, 2013

When smoke cleared, Good Samaritans stood tall

It was a day celebrating freedom, as some 27,000 runners and countless spectators gathered in Bean Town.
Published
April 27, 2013

Babies who survive abortions entitled to care

The Infants Born Alive Act is a law that recognizes the right of babies who survive botched abortions to have medical care to save their lives.
Published
April 26, 2013

Nominee would continue EPA’s environmental work

As we celebrate Earth Day this week, it's worth noting the critical role the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has played since the first Earth Day in 1970.