Some proclaim that America is a conservative-leaning country. Yet the most progressive governing documents in world history were written and adopted here: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Those documents formed a government unlike any in the history of humankind. It created three coequal branches of government with the Founders’ […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Trump’s failing health should be a national emergency | Letter
It is by now clear to everyone that our president is suffering. His speech is garbled, he mixes up names and places, he wanders around confusedly even while on official business, and he is unable to string together a coherent sentence, let alone any coherent line of reasoning. This is the individual who has our […]
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Trump’s ‘seditious behavior’ message was grossly underplayed | Letter
Seriously? The headline and article “Trump: Democrats’ message to military ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death” was on Page 3 of the Nov. 21 paper? That should have been front page news, in bold letters. The president of the United Sates is suggesting members of Congress should be killed for stating facts and supporting the military […]
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Struck by Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ | Letter
While watching the Ken Burns production “The American Revolution,” a salient and very strong narrative keeps coming through the series. That is, how far we have gotten away from the original intent of the fight for democracy. It is good to be reminded that the one of the objects of our “original discontent” was we […]
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Don’t neglect role of regulatory board in managing Maine’s opioid crisis | Letter
Some strategies have undoubtedly helped; others have hurt us.
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Platner stands tall in the face of detractors | Letter
It’s a peculiar American pastime: we champion an underdog, then turn around and tear him, or her, down again. Democratic senatorial candidate Graham Platner is the most recent case in point. Local and national media touted his back story: a small-town Mainer, a Marine Corps veteran and a successful oyster farmer. But then all hell […]
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Graham Platner is not ready to be a senator | Letter
I am happy to grant Graham Platner grace for things he did while drunk on liberty call with his buddies 18 years ago in Croatia, as well as for things he said on social media and now regrets. That’s all forgivable. What I cannot forgive him for is having no political experience at all, and yet […]
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Founding documents should inspire fresh resolve | Letter
Reflecting on the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence should lead us to strive for a new birth of freedom in this country.
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Similarity between Trump administration and Nazi regime is chilling | Letter
I am a 94-year-old Jewish American who still has fire left in the belly. I enlisted and served for three and a half years in the United States Marine Corps. My father was born in Odessa, Ukraine, and my mother was born in a small village near Moscow. Persecuted by pogroms, they emigrated to Canada and then […]
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Graham Platner should consider changing course | Letter
I have a dream. Graham Platner, that harbor master and oyster farmer from Sullivan who is winning hearts and minds with his lively town hall meetings around the state, could run for the soon-to-be vacant Maine 2nd District seat. I think he’d win and Congress sure could use his gutsy presence. Graham Platner for Congress! […]