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Letter: Cumberland needs a new way to showcase products

This past fall, my sons took part in their first soccer practices at Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland. It was an amazing experience. The grass was green, the fields were perfectly manicured and the coaches and players were clearly excited to get down to fundamentals. However, as the cool autumn air hit my face, […]

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Letter: Don’t be like Rush, the ‘happy warrior’

I’m constantly surprised by some folks’ tendency to worship bullies. Take, for instance, Mr. Balentine’s worship of Rush Limbaugh, calling him a “happy warrior.” (“Be like Rush, a happy warrior,” Feb. 26.) Balentine’s “happy warrior” was a mean-spirited bully, “happiest” when insulting others. Amongst the many, many insults, he once said this about 12-year-old Chelsea […]

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Letter: Elections determine where America’s journey lies

Lao-tzu once wrote: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Today, in America, what is “the journey”? It appears to be a long and protracted movement toward a more just, fair and inclusive democracy. What is the “single step”? A society whose citizens will only accept truth and facts. In this […]

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Letter: Limbaugh and Trump – one down, one to go

Jeez, now we see that Balentine must have changed his medication. It’s difficult to understand the rapture he feels for Rush Limbaugh – the very guy that spawned Trump and the ugly, name-calling techniques employed by folks that refuse to speak honestly and accurately. (“Be like Rush, a happy warrior,” Feb. 26.) Well, now one […]

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Letter: Maine tank farms need legislative oversight

Searsport, Bucksport, Hampden and South Portland are the ports through which bulk oil, petroleum and asphalt materials are shipped and stored. What materials these ports handle has changed over time, as have the impacts on citizens living nearby. I’ve lived in South Portland fairly close to tank farms for 45 years, but only noticed terrific […]

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Letter: Limbaugh was the wrong kind of warrior

Rush Limbaugh was not a member of what he called the “long-haired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking crowd,” who, he said, should get jail time instead of treatment. (Here’s Something: “Be like Rush, a happy warrior,” Feb. 26.) He was a simple, narcotics-addicted Happy Warrior, who paid $30,000 to buy his way out of a felony drug conviction […]