Now that Republican policies on immigration, the economy and foreign wars have proven unpopular, the current regime is turning, once again, to its tried-and-true culture-war issue: hatred of transgender people. Let’s be clear, this is an issue that was manufactured by Republican strategists specifically to activate the worst instincts of their followers. Transgender people are the […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Hannah Pingree for Maine governor | Letter
The other day, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree said she had a favorite in the race for Maine’s top job: Her daughter Hannah. Hannah is a Democrat, but no party hack. As governor, she will listen and respect people of all political and personal persuasions. She will be the governor of all of us: indigenous, Somali, […]
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John Steinbeck was right about the American identity | Letter
It’s an exact, provable thing.
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Nirav Shah offered solace during pandemic | Letter
Alan Cobo-Lewis’ March 10 op-ed criticized Nirav Shah for supporting an age-based policy to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine access. He claims Dr. Shah lapsed ethically and scientifically, as Maine CDC director by ignoring the heightened risk faced by individuals with hematological cancers and Down syndrome. Although I cannot speak to others’ experience, I can speak to my own. My 19-year […]
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Medicaid fraud is not just a blue state issue | Letter
It’s not hard to agree with James Deyermond (“After State of the Union, Maine is faced with a choice,” March 1) that fraud should be rooted out from government expenditures wherever it occurs. Perhaps there is some fraud in Medicaid payments in Maine. What I find troubling is that Mr. Deyermond, as chairman of the […]
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End partisan election process in Maine | Letter
Your recent editorial on the SAVE Act (March 1) was very well written, thoughtful and intelligent. An act to restrict legal voting certainly does not make sense for we the people. It has a “We the party — let’s win an election” point of view. It is shamefully wrong, but not uncommon, within the partisan […]
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Maine needs to stop selling its resources on the cheap | Letter
Maine is a poor state because we have a history of selling our resources on the cheap. First, the Europeans came for the fish. For a long time, there were fishing jobs on the Maine coast. The work was hard, dangerous and poorly paid. One can buy a remnant of those fish stocks at Harbor Fish if they […]
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Congress must be held accountable on Iran war | Letter
As the conflict with Iran escalates, Mainers deserve to know where our senators stand on perhaps their most important duty — committing our nation to war. I want to thank Sen. Angus King for his support of the recent War Powers Resolution (S.J. Res. 104). I am deeply disappointed by Sen. Susan Collins’ vote against […]
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Iran war has gas companies showing their true colors | Letter
They have chosen to gouge American consumers at the pump.
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Democratic Senate primary polling favored Platner | Letter
This paper explains that a University of New Hampshire poll weighs heavily in favor of Graham Platner. But more space should have been devoted to the small sample size (462 voters), a fifth of whom identified as socialists. These results remind us of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory in New York City. He won with 51% […]