After 62 years of voting, I’m sitting this out.
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Maine’s pedestrians also need to do their part | Letter
Pedestrian fatalities are cause for concern. So is the careless pedestrian behavior that makes them hard to avoid.
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I, for one, welcome letters from away | Letter
The more people reading newspapers and writing to newspapers, the better.
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I’m a lifelong New Yorker. I donated to Platner. | Letter
I never expected to write this letter to the people of Maine. I am a lifelong New York Democrat and feminist who takes my political choices seriously — yet I recently sent a check to Graham Platner, a Maine man and political candidate whose messy back story is now well known. Why? Because these are […]
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Maine should crack down on data centers’ costs | Letter
These companies must shoulder their own — significant — costs of doing business.
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Ashamed by Graham Platner? Quite the opposite. | Letter
Regarding the June 18 op-ed “Graham Platner and the new American pillory,” I am an American Jew and Zionist who was born in the shadow of the Holocaust. Aided by the Biden and Trump administrations, by the American the Israel Public Affairs Committee and Christians United for Israel, I’ve witnessed my people commit genocide with the […]
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Platner and PTSD not a good fit for DC | Letter
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a very real condition, usually brought on by extreme trauma. Graham Platner has been diagnosed with PTSD. As I understand it, stress is a big trigger for episodes for people with PTSD. Those who serve Americans in Washington, D.C., are under constant pressure. What does Platner think is going to happen […]
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Gaza will have a bearing on Maine elections | Letter
Democrats here have rebuked AIPAC. Everybody should take note.
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Uplifted by Michelle Obama’s latest speech | Letter
What made it remarkable was its humanity.
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Ranked-choice voting in Maine must be fixed or abandoned | Letter
The events of last week exposed the extent to which this system is broken.