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Letters to the Editor

Published
January 29, 2013

More gun control is not the answer

Words utterly fail to describe the shock, horror, sadness, anger and disbelief I felt when I heard about the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. I can't understand how such a sick, evil monster can walk among us undetected.
Published
January 29, 2013

Department of Education joke told by Big Brother

About home schooling: Article 10 of the exalted Bill of Rights, Government's 10 Commandments, reads: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people."
Published
January 29, 2013

WORST WEEK: Oh, no, Sen. Johnson, you didn’t really say that, did you?

Wednesday didn’t start out badly for Sen. Ronald H. Johnson.
Published
January 29, 2013

Why not flotation devices for snow machines?

Every year in Maine, we lose loved ones through the ice on our lakes and rivers. We already have laws about safety vests for boaters, so why don't we have the same law for snow machines?
Published
January 29, 2013

Honey Boo Boo show total waste of our TV time

I was so glad to see the Kathleen Parker column in the Jan. 15 newspaper about Honey Boo Boo and her show.

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Published
January 28, 2013

Blaming tools, methods of murderers is useless

Facing the tragedy of the Connecticut shooting, we are desperate to do something. Politicians especially are eager to be seen to be solving the problem.
Published
January 28, 2013

Some gave their money for our democracy

Those whose basic goal is acquiring wealth without concern for the welfare of the people should be reminded about the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Many of them lost their personal fortune for us to be a democracy.
Published
January 28, 2013

Athletes don’t need to cheat to win

In the late 1960s, I was active in cross-country and track and set some records in those events. My senior year I broke the 4-minute time for the mile, with a time of 3.58.6, while running the 2-mile at Waterville High School.
Published
January 28, 2013

Costs, shortfalls should be handled on statewide basis

Maine property owners should not be fooled by Gov. Paul LePage and the Republicans' latest folly regarding revenue cuts and the fallout to property taxes.
Published
January 27, 2013

Goodbye to an Albion fixture in history

I'm sorry to see the closing of Keay's store in Albion. My brother and I spent summers at our grandparent's house, the Abbott House, two doors down from the store.