Sen. Susan Collins and Gov. Janet Mills have served our state well, but it’s time for some fresh voices and perspectives.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maxwell’s prison transfer sends a message | Letter
President Trump’s Department of Justice has transferred a woman out of the facility with Ghislaine Maxwell after she criticized her being there as a sex offender in an interview. The woman has been sent to another facility with violent offenders. You can’t criticize Trump’s sex offenders now. Paul Bacon Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Think carefully before voting on Question 1 | Letter
I was dismayed to see that many commenters on the Aug. 21 story “Mainers like absentee voting. Question 1 would make that option harder” failed to grasp the story’s main point. That was summarized in its subheading: “The November referendum has been framed around requiring voter ID, but it also includes a host of changes […]
The Sea Dogs struck out with this decision | Letter
On Aug. 23, I attended a Sea Dogs game in Portland with my family. I’m no stranger to baseball, the great American pastime, as both of my children have participated in Portland Little League since they were age 4. I’ve attended countless Sea Dogs games, where it is customary to play the national anthem before […]
Journalist killings in Gaza deserve condemnation | Letter
Stand up, editors, and be counted! You really should write a strong editorial condemning the killing of over 200 working journalists in Gaza and the refusal of Israel to allow international journalists to cover the facts on the ground — facts that Palestinian working journalists are dying for in order to present them to their […]
We need to keep fighting for publicly funded health care in Maine | Letter
The rejection of the All Maine Health Act was a disappointment, but we still need to keep working toward a system that puts people over profits.
Urging all Mainers to vote ‘Yes’ on voter ID | Letter
Election integrity has justifiably become an ongoing concern in our great nation. America deserves better! Several aspects of our system cry out for improvement: for instance, the chain of custody for mail-in ballots, updating of voter registration lists and verifying the citizenship of voters, to name a few. The aforementioned safeguards will hopefully be implemented. […]
How we vote can affect our health | Letter
Let’s count the ways the current president and his administration are threatening our health: 1. One in six Americans dies from cancer. Currently, mRNA vaccines are being used to fight some cancers and they are a very promising approach to more cancers. The secretary of health and human services is drastically cutting back on mRNA […]
Maine farmers should not be subject to California’s whims | Letter
A recent letter to the Portland Press-Herald on California’s Proposition 12 (“Maine lawmakers should keep EATS Act out of Farm Bill,” Aug. 13) gets it wrong. Proposition 12 is a California law that dictates costly mandates to farmers in Maine and the other 48 states if they want to sell eggs and pork in California. […]
Is it time to reconsider the political nature of our union? | Letter
It must be painfully evident to many in Congress, perhaps hundreds, that Donald Trump is ethically, morally and mentally unfit for office. Yet they won’t state the obvious because too many are complicit in his crimes to remove him. Well, they should state it anyway, because the bottom line is this madman has no right […]