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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Our environment is at its breaking point | Letter
It is clear as glass our adaptable democracy is one of humanity’s successes but, when broken, glass shatters into countess pieces. We are close to shattering our environment. If we do, democracy will fall close behind. Earth itself has a disease never before experienced by humans, global warming, due to our carbon burning addiction. As […]
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Experience the healing power of Maine’s wild places | Letter
Feeling overwhelmed by the news, the politics, the weight of it all? Get outside.
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Maine’s hypodermic needle handouts need to end | Letter
The July 27 front-page article about the HIV outbreak in Penobscot County was nothing short of bizarre. Thousands of words were used to explain that hypodermic needles were not the problem. Instead, it was lack of federal money, always the bogeyman of these screeds. Certain possession of hypodermic needles was a crime in Maine. In […]
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Grieved by loss of paper’s outdoors section | Letter
I’m really disappointed in the recent change consolidating the sports and outdoors sections of your paper. Basically any outdoor coverage is gone. Please research how many hunting and fishing licenses are sold in Maine each year and the amount of revenue these sports produce for our economy. Yes, there are occasional articles about birding and […]
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Darcie McElwee’s rise is payback for loyalty | Letter
Justice Darcie McElwee’s rise to power says everything about how corrupt this state has become under Gov. Janet Mills. McElwee was terminated by one administration and immediately embraced by another — not because she fought for justice, but because she didn’t. As District of Maine’s chief federal law enforcement officer, she never exposed the failures […]
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Further questions on health care for undocumented workers | Letter
This is in response to the op-ed by Dr. Jeffrey Barkin in the July 20 edition (“Deny undocumented workers health care and Maine suffers“). First, I think the doctor is disguising self-interest with altruism. The doctor has an economic interest in the federal government covering illegal immigrants for health care services. This is not a […]
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AI expert needs to break out of his bubble | Letter
An op-ed in the July 27 Sunday Telegram (“The AI tsunami is rolling in. Are you ready?“) quoted AI expert Sebastian Siemiatkowski as saying “I am of the opinion that AI can already do all of the jobs that we humans do.” This is exactly the sort of insular, absurd and pompous statement that I […]
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Voter ID needed to safeguard Maine’s elections | Letter
As a volunteer election clerk in New Gloucester, I have seen how vulnerable our election system can be without simple protections like requiring voters to present an ID. When someone walks in and gives a name and address, we take them at their word. Last November, a man walked in to vote and gave me […]