Steve Romanoff’s letter titled “Balentine only serves like-minded readers” (Aug. 12) prompts this response. Mr. Balentine is one of three or four opinion columnists who are published in The Forecaster. True, Balentine voices an opinion that may often appeal to conservatives. What do the others voice? 1. Heather Martin makes “nice,” woke, left-of-center comments about […]
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Letter: It’s ‘un-American’ to discriminate against those who choose not to vaccinate
The column entitled “Those who refuse vaccine are un-American” (Through My Lens, Aug. 13) is written as a defamatory swipe at those who have a different opinion about the COVID jab. It is humorous how Abdi Nor Iftin describes his jab experience with such religious rapture, and he can’t understand why so many people are […]
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Letter: ‘Abundance of caution’ has served Maine well
I am so glad to see John Balentine giving Gov. Mills the credit she deserves for her handling of the COVID pandemic (“Here’s Something: An overabundance of caution is our undoing,” Aug. 13). He expressed that we have had an “abundance of caution” in our state, and I quite agree. This allowed Maine to have […]
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Letter: ‘Vital service’ not based in fact is not useful
I enjoyed traveling the written road provided by Andrew Young (“Forum: Balentine provides a vital service to Forecaster readers,” July 30), until he came to a fork. To the left, Young stated: “… I find (Balentine’s) commentaries so consistently at odds with reality and facts that I sometimes wonder if (he) actually believes any of […]
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Letter: ‘American values’ include questioning government
I was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1972, so I could enter the military during the Vietnam War. I consider it incredibly arrogant for a newly naturalized U.S. citizen like Mr. Abdi Nor Iftin to declare which of his fellow Americans have “betrayed American values” and then claim, “I am more American today than […]
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Letter: Balentine’s ‘I don’t wanna’ goes to the extreme
I was astonished and at a loss for words at Balentine’s blunderous attempt at an op-ed (“Here’s Something: An overabundance of caution is our undoing,” Aug. 11). I realized that this writer is just pandering to the far right. He claims that he finds himself at a store several towns over from his cabin on […]
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Letter: ‘Bravery’ is in the eye of the political beholder
I must agree with a recent guest column pointing out John Balentine’s much-neglected courage (Forum: “Balentine provides a vital service to Forecaster readers,” July 30). Having lived in a few conservative areas, I am aware of the negative feedback that progressive and liberal views elicit. Mr. Balentine is particularly brave though, because in a place […]
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Letter: Tell Maine senators to support fee on fossil fuel emissions
What is it about us humans? We are capable of great kindness in our own communities when disasters strike, but when a threat like atmospheric warming comes along that endangers people everywhere we lose our moral compass. A piece of us whispers that we needn’t worry. Heat domes, hurricanes and wildfires are usually somewhere else. […]
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Letter: Balentine a ‘privileged mouthpiece’ for like-minded
The Forecaster is wise to present all sides of the political rainbow, both for journalistic credibility and for advertising revenue. However, notwithstanding Mr. Young’s good intentions (“Forum: Balentine provides a vital service to Forecaster readers,” July 29), the protections of the First Amendment and The Forecaster’s “majority-progressive” readership, John Balentine’s “vital service” is only to […]
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Letter: Simone Biles is the Greatest of All Time
John Balentine admits at the end of his article that he is “truly old and curmudgeonly” (“My Olympic frustrations abound,” July 28). In this piece, he is that and much more. To say Simone Biles has a “lack of humility” – WHY exactly should she be humble? Was Nadia Comaneci humble? Do we know this? […]