I was shocked and angered after reading the bold heading on Wednesday, July 2, declaring Sen. Collins voted against President Trump’s horrible policy bill. Shame on you. It doesn’t take a professional journalist to understand that Collins was instrumental in the successful passage of the bill by voting it out of committee. That was the […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
A heartfelt tribute to David Mallett’s legacy | Letter
Thank you for Tom Putnam’s July 7 op-ed on David Mallett (“Summer’s start stirs memories of Mallett“) as well as the Clay Hipp piece last December and all the other good words about Mallett following his death. It’s a long time after the last week in June near the first quarter moon when the summer […]
Trump’s America is an America I no longer recognize | Letter
We should be working together toward the common goals of unity, compassion and equality.
Susan Collins betrayed her constituents | Letter
Once again, Sen. Susan Collins managed to betray her constituents, despite her ultimate “No” vote on President Trump’s big, mean-spirited, nasty bill, which will severely hurt millions of Americans, and thousands of Mainers. Collins could have voted against sending the bill to the Senate floor. This would have incurred the ire of the White House. […]
What are the EPA’s priorities? | Letter
Since when is protecting Mainers’ health “no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities”? The May 23 photo of farmer Adam Nordell walking over fields contaminated with “forever chemicals” told a disheartening story (“After hailing them as important, EPA cancels PFAS research grants”). Despite reassurances that “delays due to the reorganization of the EPA” will not […]
Donating clothing? Please keep it clean. | Letter
Donating clothing to a thrift shop, food kitchen, distribution center or church group is a generous, thoughtful gesture. The benefits are twofold: the needy people have clothing to keep them decent, warm, presentable; the donor has aided other people in their daily struggle with poverty. Warm emotional feelings all around. Volunteers at these charitable organizations […]
‘Rolling coal’ is disrespectful, unacceptable | Letter
I am writing to express my disgust for those people who think “rolling coal” — the practice of deliberately emitting large amounts of black or grey exhaust containing soot and incompletely combusted diesel — is funny or acceptable behavior. Several friends and I, most of whom are retired and in our 60s, 70s and 80s, […]
Actually, ‘keyboard warriors’ are doing their duty | Letter
We are the quiet fighters. We may be older, but we are not silent.
Maine Military Museum is worth your time | Letter
I recently had the pleasure of touring the Maine Military Museum in South Portland, led by director/curator Lee Humiston. It may be the most impressive military museum I’ve ever visited, and that includes the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, the Smithsonian and the D-Day Museum at Normandy. There are authentic displays from every war […]