As a concerned Mainer, frightened by the actions of our new president, I believe that the unprecedented and unhinged plans that Donald Trump has undertaken since January will destroy our government and cause extreme hardship for our citizens. Appointing Elon Musk, and so many others who are supremely unqualified for their positions, and eliminating crucial […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Letter: Impressed by Kessa Benner op-ed
I applaud Kessa Benner’s March 21 opinion speaking out on the unfairness of her having to compete against an individual assigned male at birth in her athletic event (“Opinion: My dream of a state pole vaulting championship was unfairly shattered). She is correct. A similar opinion piece recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal, written […]
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Letter: Calling on Maine’s leaders to meet, address voters
Rep. Pingree has made herself available to constituents. Her D.C. counterparts? Not so much.
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Letter: A simple solution to transgender athletes issue
I am appalled by the amount of time and energy being sucked up by the whole transgender teen athlete issue. Let’s start with the facts. Consistently, 1.7% of the babies born in the United States each year have enough physical ambiguity in their bodies to be categorized as intersex. Trying to legislate that there are […]
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Letter: Booker’s marathon speech deserved coverage
I don’t see that the Press Herald print edition covered Sen. Cory Booker’s historic, record-breaking filibuster, describing how wrong President Trump’s policies are. When we do not recognize peaceful, nonviolent protests on important subjects, we undermine the people and progress behind them. John Prendergast Camden
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Letter: 2025 suddenly feeling a lot like 1930
Economically, history seems to be at risk of repeating itself.
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Letter: Almost missed the ultimate horse whisperer
It was dumb luck that I happened on Ron Joseph’s beautiful account of spending time with his grandparents at their dairy farm in Mercer (March 31). His grandfather Florian worked a special magic with two traumatized workhorses. Reading about his gentle demeanor as he rehabilitated his neighbor’s horses and the description of the easy rhythm […]
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Letter: USPS deserves much, much better
As a retiree of the U.S. Postal Service, I cannot be still anymore. Those who join the present president in denigrating the ability of the USPS to deliver the mail, all the while adding to the problem, really frustrate me. The administration’s attitude continues to make the problem worse. President Trump’s solution — to privatize […]
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Letter: Grateful to Maine senators for cancer research support
Last month, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for something that is very near to my heart: the fight against cancer. We all know someone who has been affected by cancer. Maybe it’s a grandmother, or a co-worker, or a beloved friend. For me, it’s my own cancer diagnosis. And I’m fortune enough to […]
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Letter: New England should become the 11th Canadian province
I’ve spent much of my adult life failing to understand how the parliamentary systems work, but as I watch the dismantling of our country’s constitutional republic, I’m prepared to embrace such concepts as no-confidence votes, a prime minister and snap elections. In fact, I would heartily welcome New England’s admission as the 11th province of […]