Boys and men are wired at birth to have a larger frame and more muscle tissue than girls and women. Males have a higher weight requirement and a higher calorie intake need. Males are programmed to have higher bone density and more upper body strength than females, just to mention a few. Even though an […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: DOGE decisions will change life for the worse
Several recent actions by the Trump administration directly affect Maine people, and not in a good way. The DOGE people are trying to close down the federal Department of Education, which funds and mandates services for at-risk children (Title I) and children with learning challenges and disabilities (special education). Everyone knows families that would immediately […]
advertisement
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: Former Waterville councilor deserves praise
Rien Finch’s service and message are both noteworthy.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: Long live constitutional government
Ignorance is a choice. Stupidity is not, although the former could very well foment the latter. In these recent times now before us, this is a ponderance that begs loudly to considerable consideration. Long live our nation under constitutional government, the rule of law and equal justice under the law. As the line goes in […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: Trump’s apology request defies logic
So President Donald Trump, who thinks that no law applies to him, wants Gov. Mills to apologize for saying she will follow the law. That says it all. Judith Dorsey Gardiner
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: Appalled by despicable Kristi Noem image
This is racism at its worst.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: Maine’s welcome mat still out for Canadian visitors
Canadians are our friends; they have always been. We love them. I am so sad that they are not coming to Maine, and specifically Old Orchard Beach, because of President Trump’s tariffs. In Maine, Kamala Harris carried the state. If our nation had gone the way of the grand state of Maine, Kamala Harris would […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: Maine can’t back down now
A few weeks ago, when Gov. Janet Mills told President Donald Trump she would “see him in court,” it was a proud day to be a Mainer. In retaliation for our governor’s courageous words of defiance, the Trump administration sicced multiple federal agencies on Maine to withdraw, or threaten to withdraw, millions of dollars in […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: Maine’s child care funding should not be cut
State policymakers are considering cutting child care funding — a mistake that could harm our children, economy and future. I urge them to maintain this critical support and ask the public to advocate against these cuts. Child care facilities suffered financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to closures and staffing shortages. State funding helped stabilize […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter: What makes a scandal a scandal?
I recall the day-to-day updates the media treated us to concerning Hillary Clinton’s emails. The media clutched their collective pearls and nearly fainted in spasms of righteous indignation. I couldn’t help but notice last week that the Trump administration’s accidental sharing of sensitive war plans with a magazine editor garnered just a few paragraphs on […]