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PublishedMay 22, 2012
Obama upheld oath to defend the Constitution
President Barack Obama surprised me last week. Not since Richard Nixon has a president actually done what he said he would do. Obama took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution — and he did. Before this, I saw him as the pick of a poor lot. Now I am pleasantly surprised. The Constitution […]
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PublishedMay 21, 2012
In a world filled with hate, why do some fear love?
I am proud of my president. I am proud of my president’s open heart and evolving mind. We live in a time when the courage to speak out in affirmation of the simple human emotion of love is complicated and politically charged. I invite all readers who are remain conflicted about same-sex marriage to do […]
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PublishedMay 21, 2012
Thanks to honest person who turned in lost wallet
I want to thank the honest person who turned in my wallet that I lost at a store in Waterville. I wish I knew who you were. Glad to know there are honest people still. Ann Higgins Palermo
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PublishedMay 21, 2012
Civil rights for gays, yes; marriage for all, no
Most agree that all people should be treated with dignity, compassion and due respect. Mother Nature made us the way we are. Same-sex relationships are a lifestyle choice, and they deserve the same civil rights as anyone else. Marriage is something the gay community deems important vs. civil law revisions. I believe same-sex relationships are […]
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PublishedMay 21, 2012
Chemical sensitivity woes far-reaching, common
Thank you Carrie Johnston for your informative letter, “Chemical sensitivity man-made, debilitating,” dated May 11. My wife is a beautician, has been for almost 45 years. Because of that, however, she has developed asthma. She can no longer do perms, dyes or bleaches. She can only do haircuts now. We went to an environmentalist specialist. […]
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PublishedMay 20, 2012
Save jobs; boycott self-checkout machines
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The trouble isn’t so much that our scientific genius lags behind, but our moral genius lags behind.” This thought leads to my proposal that need not be enacted by any legislature. This proposal can only be passed or vetoed by each person’s own conscience. It’s common to […]
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PublishedMay 20, 2012
Service members sacrifice much at home, abroad
Today, May 19 is Armed Forces Day. I would like to remind everybody on this Armed Forces Day about how much our men and women now serving are sacrificing at home and all over the world, on our more than 800 bases, to protect our freedoms. Whether deployed in combat and non-combat situations, overseas or […]
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PublishedMay 20, 2012
Ashamed of cuts to poor who rely on government aid
When I read in the paper about the cuts in services that the state has provided for low-income folk — MaineCare, health care coverage for more than 20,000 people, prescription drug coverage for senior citizens and funding for Head Start — I was ashamed. Ashamed that this country, with all its wealth, would be reduced […]
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PublishedMay 20, 2012
LePage’s attempting to reinstate fiscal sanity
Lately, the demise of common sense and logic across the country and the world appears to be reaching warp speed, locally representative of Peter Sirois’ May 5 letter to the editor and globally by the recent assertion that dinosaur flatulence may have contributed to that era’s global warming. Do people really think Gov. Paul LePage’s […]
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PublishedMay 20, 2012
LePage is lazy, takes easy roads instead of working
Let’s face it: Paul LePage is one lazy governor. Instead of finding ways to identify specific abuses he alleges happen within our state’s safety net, he follows a lazy no-effort path and proposes blaming whole classifications of people and pulling the rug out from under them. Ignoring the ineptitude and withholding reporting of computer problems […]
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