My father was a frontline surgeon during World War II. His unit liberated the Dachau concentration camp. He saw firsthand the horrors of war. Like many Americans, I’m astounded by the cruelty of the Trump administration towards immigrants, gays and lesbians, Black people and anyone who opposes President Trump. How did we come to this? […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Disappointed by Maine senators’ support of ‘No Tax on Tip’ | Letter
In addition to creating an inequity between tipped workers and everyone else, reducing the Social Security credits for many who most need them, if enacted, the income exemption adds substantially to the federal deficit.
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Thankful for reminder of power of youth sports | Letter
Just what we needed: The front page article in the Maine Sunday Telegram (“Grieving Brunswick, York high school athletes find comfort in sports,” May 25) on the best of what youth sports can be about. So much recent focus on the bullying in male high school teams (important) needed this counterbalance to show how young […]
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Qatari jet stunt is a Trump vanity project | Letter
Vanity costs U.S. taxpayers in wasted dollars. We apparently need a newer used presidential plane because the one we own is too old and insufficiently lavish. The president seems impatient waiting for the $4 billion-plus investment our taxpayers are spending on two new Air Force One planes, due to be completed in 2027. Forbes reported […]
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‘DEI’ is at the heart of the American dream | Letter
What is the meaning of diversity, equity and inclusion? Diversity is, in truth, the foundation on which America was built. Our ancestors were an exceptional gathering of people escaping or expelled from or by tyrannical regimes. They were looking to form a new way of life in a “promised land.” Equity is prominently stated as […]
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Medicaid cuts will hurt Maine’s most vulnerable | Letter
Cutting Medicaid as proposed would pose catastrophic consequences for Maine’s most vulnerable, leaving hundreds of thousands of Mainers without health insurance and wreaking havoc on our local health infrastructure and state economy.
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Wrong to end Kennector tranportation service | Letter
Nearly four years ago, the Town of Kennebunk’s Karen Winton secured a grant to provide transportation for residents in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Arundel who were unable to drive due to medical conditions or vision loss. Thanks to her and the many volunteer drivers, the Kennector, as it was called, provided what older Mainers and those […]
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Cuts to scientific and medical research have a high price | Letter
I am a cancer survivor. If it weren’t for continuing medical research, I would not be alive today. Both the research and development of microsurgery and chemotherapy were instrumental in me being cancer-free now. My father wasn’t so fortunate. Scientific research builds on the work of past breakthroughs. The USA has been the center for […]
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Rep. Golden should change his affiliation | Letter
Rep. Jared Golden recently claimed that Indivisible, one of many pro-democracy grassroots organizations, is funded by dark money. This “dark money” claim is typical MAGA disinformation. The reason so many Democrats claim that a politician who supports MAGA should not pretend to be a Democrat is because the Democratic party, at least in Maine, stands […]
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The government is not a business | Letter
In a May 21 letter to the editor, the writer said that “Our country needs to be run like a business.” Our government is not a business. A business exists to make money for owners and shareholders. Corporations are quick to say they exist to satisfy shareholders when they are called to account for damage […]