I’m so glad to see that John Balentine found one Black person he admires in MLK (“Here’s Something: BLM should be more like MLK,” Jan. 21). He did not address the fact that for all Martin Luther King’s inspiring rhetoric and Christian kindness, the strides made six decades ago didn’t lead to permanent justice for […]
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Letter: Balentine should cease predictions and make resolutions
Instead of making divinations, Balentine should have used his first column of 2022 to make New Year’s resolutions. One such resolution might have been to abandon the tiresome “own the libs” schtick and adopt a calmer, more reasoned approach. I started to notice patterns in Balentine’s columns. First, he uses inflamed rhetoric. Second, he resorts […]
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Letter: Falmouth councilors thank visionary residents
We would like to thank the thousands of Falmouth residents who have participated in Falmouth’s Vision and Values project over the past year. This process has included an initial town-wide survey, two future summits, multiple online discussion boards, 10 virtual focus groups, a hybrid think tank event and now a final community survey, open until […]
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Letter: A common language unites English-speaking Americans
I disagree with Abdi Nor Iftin. A country that speaks many different languages is NOT united (“Through My Lens: Here’s hoping that as Maine goes, so goes the nation,” Jan. 7). People who come to America, like every other nationality that has, should make a priority of learning to speak English. Otherwise, we cannot communicate […]
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Letter: Magic 8-Ball only predicts Balentine’s bias
The opinion piece published in the Dec. 31, 2021, Forecaster by John Balentine (“Magic 8-Ball illuminates clues to 2022”) was a sophomoric attempt to present his opinions as impartial. His bias comes through, however, in how he presents the questions (I notice he didn’t ask the 8-Ball “Will Trump and his conservative allies ever admit […]
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Letter: Nor Iftin needs to look in mirror for racism
The only place Mr. Abdi Nor Iftin doesn’t find racism is in the mirror, where he should look first (“Through My Lens: Here’s hoping that as Maine goes, so goes the nation,” Jan. 7). All people who hold office are subjected to racism, hate or just plan partisan, over-the-top redirect. To think Mayor Deqa Dhlac […]
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Letter: Don’t fret about climate change; be smart like Balentine
Thank you for printing John Balentine’s Magic 8-Ball column (Here’s Something, Dec. 31). I almost feel like I’m behind it. John, in sync with the smartest man in the world, Donald Trump, asked that, in light of last summer’s record Antarctic cold, “Will climate change proponents finally admit their efforts are nothing but ‘blah, blah, […]
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Letter: Magic 8-Ball not needed to see climate change is real
John Balentine suggests in his “Magic 8-Ball” column (Here’s Something, Dec. 30) that one warm half-year in Antarctica magically nullifies more than 100 years of climate data. Dear Mr. B: The thermometer is neither Republican nor Democrat. Putting the numbers on a chart or a graph is apolitical. Satellite data showing shrinkage of the 23,300 […]
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Letter: Urging people to vote is democracy, not ‘spraying’
John Balentine opines in Magic 8-Ball (“Here’s Something,” Dec. 30), that “hyping” by the mainstream media of a possible new variant of COVID-19 would somehow be a bad idea, as opposed to denying its existence, à la his pernicious GOP. He also channels Rand Paul’s admission that Democrats win elections by “seeding an area heavy […]
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Letter: Falmouth’s Homestead Farms development rich in diversity
On the eve of 2013, without connections or jobs, my wife, daughter and I made an intentional move to Maine for purposes of quality of life. We landed on Foreside Road in Falmouth, just a couple blocks up from Town Landing. We had wonderful neighbors, a beautiful neighborhood, great access to nature trails and easy […]