As members of our school’s Civil Rights Team, we feel particularly angry and sad to learn about the surge in hate crimes directed toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). We have learned that while hate crime in America’s 15 largest cities decreased by 7% overall from 2019 to 2020, hate crimes directed toward the […]
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Letter: Elect Mark Segrist to Cumberland council
Fellow Cumberland voters, check out Town Council candidate Mark Segrist. He gets the critical role of a healthy environment in our lives, appreciates the increasing demand to connect everyone to nature and acts on serving the community where he lives. Mark brings a broad experience with him from international trade law and pro bono community […]
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Letter: Falmouth sewer plan seriously flawed
I have discussed West Falmouth sewer issues with Falmouth representatives since 2018, because the sewer line would go in front of my home. I presented issues of constructing the sewer through The Woodlands to town officials, but I continue to believe that they underestimate the difficulty and risks of constructing a second sewer line through […]
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Letter: Deaths caused by COVID-19 are understated
In his April 7 column (“View virus stats with a raised eyebrow”), Mr. Balentine suggests that we should view the statistics on deaths from COVID-19 with jaundiced eyes and that they are overstated. He is right about the need to be skeptical, but only because there is persuasive evidence that U.S. deaths caused by COVID-19 […]
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Letter: Keep Electoral College, preserve the republic
The Electoral College was designed as part of the Constitution’s system of checks and balances to reduce the chance of tyranny or one-party rule. The Electoral College serves to balance the power of states against the power of a federal government. Our Electoral College system provides for 50 democratic presidential elections to represent the desire […]
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Letter: Balentine’s reaction to governor’s actions ‘reprehensible’
By the figures I can find today, there have been 31,141,034 cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. to date. There have been 564,806 deaths, for a fatality rate of 1.8%. If one-half of the U.S. population were to contract this disease that would be 2,720,500 deaths. That Mr. Balentine seems willing to sacrifice the lives […]
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Letter: Reader baffled by Balentine’s response to coronavirus measures
I have become quite inured to John Balentine’s hyperbolic rants that generally echo Fox News talking points and are usually so shallow and oversimplified that they can be easily dismissed. I was, however, stopped dead in my tracks when I read his March 25 column concerning the state of Maine’s response to the COVID pandemic […]
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Letter: Support congressional act to break free from plastic
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021 has been reintroduced by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merlkey, D-Oregon, and U.S. Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif. If passed, this act will make a real difference to the health of the Earth and to the health of all living things on Earth. Plastic is toxic. Over a hundred […]
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Letter: Concerned letter-writers are dedicated to the truth
For a segment of loyal Forecaster Coastal Journal (FCJ) readers (i.e., the concerned writers, like myself), who pen letters to the editor over and over again (week after week, month after month and year after year), pointing out the lies, misinformation and disinformation displayed in John Balentine’s opinion pieces, BUT EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS (i.e., a […]
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Letter: Reader grateful for Balentine’s column
John Balentine: Thank God for you. You are such a breath of fresh air. Blind hatred has made complete fools of people and they don’t even realize it. Diane Robinson Wiscasset