It was heartbreaking to read incarcerated women’s accounts of the sexual harassment and threats they say they’ve endured since Maine began housing biological males who identify as transgender in women’s prison (“Maine women inmates accuse transgender prisoner of harassment,” March 4). In 2021, when Maine legislators passed the law allowing inmates to be housed by […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Palestine conference should not have been nixed by USM | Letter
I am writing to express my extreme disappointment and anger over the University of Southern Maine’s decision last month to cancel a conference (“The Consequence of Palestine”), because one of the speakers, Francesca Albanese, is on a U.S. government’s sanctions list. As the U.N. rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Ms. Albanese […]
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Not at all ’embarrassed’ by the prospect of Graham Platner | Letter
I’m responding to the recent letter expressing fear that Maine will make an embarrassing mistake by electing Graham Platner to the U.S. Senate (March 3). The writer worries that electing Platner would bring shame upon the state of Maine, bringing us back to the governorship of Paul LePage. First, don’t look now, but Paul LePage […]
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SAVE America Act is a modern-day poll tax | Letter
Maine voters deserve the truth regarding the ironically named SAVE America Act. Requiring Voter ID constitutes a distracting sideshow in this bill. All election data show that voter fraud among citizens and non-citizens alike is statistically irrelevant. This hurried bill demands that the federal government, not each state as defined by law, assume control of […]
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President Trump has us on a success path | Letter
Countries grow to greatness with brave and resolute leaders, supported by citizens who are united in national pride. Countries, once great, then fail. They grow fat, lazy and corrupt. They rot from within. Occasionally great leaders arise, like Lincoln or Churchill, who saved their nations. Sometimes there are visionaries, like Monroe and Roosevelt, who kept […]
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Janet Mills’ record blows Graham Platner’s out of the water | Letter
The primary task of a U.S. senator is to pass legislation. They make consequential decisions of national and global importance. They also approve presidential appointees and provide government oversight. The word “senator” derives from the Latin “senectus,” meaning “old.” The implication being that older adults have a lifetime of experience, contacts and resources to draw […]
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Maine’s manufactured-home communities are being exploited | Letter
Maine’s manufactured-home communities are facing a crisis that municipalities can no longer afford to ignore. These parks represent our state’s last remaining “naturally affordable” housing, yet residents are being squeezed by steep, unregulated rent hikes and predatory utility fees. When towns fail to adopt basic protections, like rent stabilization, the consequences fall directly on taxpayers. […]
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It falls to us to protect Maine from measles | Letter
Let’s make sure our kids are vaccinated to prevent an outbreak like those in South Carolina and Utah.
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Midterms can begin our move away from Trump | Letter
It was so disheartening to witness Sen. Susan Collins and her Republican colleagues stand and applaud the president as he lied to the American public during the State of the Union, continued to divide rather than unite us and, at times, used deplorable language. I know there is political pressure to put on a show […]
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Hey, Sen. Collins? Two terms are long up. | Letter
On Feb. 21, CNN showed a video of a young Sen. Susan Collins (1996) stating that, if elected, she would serve for just two terms. Collins voted against impeachment for President Trump in 2020, saying he had learned his lesson. Does she not know that a leopard never changes its spots? Collins has previously taken […]