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Letter to the editor: Supporters of impeachment aren’t the ones fostering division
I am disappointed with Rep. Jared Golden’s opposition to impeachment hearings for President Trump. Golden writes about the need for healing and national unity. While I support these things, I think they are not concepts that the Trump administration or the majority of Republicans in Congress hold in high esteem. Trump and the Republican Senate […]
Letter to the editor: Food writer’s call for quiet strikes a chord
Restaurants aren’t the only public place where noise is jarring and intrusive.
Letter to the editor: Opposition to new lobstering rules isn’t partisan stance
In a letter to the editor in the July 28 Maine Sunday Telegram, Patrick Dancoes praises former Gov. Paul LePage for opposing new regulations for the lobster industry. He fails to mention that our current governor, Janet Mills, also opposes these regulations and is in a position to do something about them. Mills’ position was […]
Letter to the editor: Mueller’s honest, even-keeled testimony offers contrast to Trump’s rhetoric
What a stark contrast between Robert Mueller’s recent appearance and testimony before the Judiciary and Intelligence committees of the House of Representatives and our president and the representatives who continue to defend him and deny the facts of the Mueller report. With their “attack the messenger” strategy and their attempts to undermine the legal investigative […]
Letter to the editor: Noisy restaurants drive away older crowd
Hooray for Nancy Harmon Jenkins’ July 28 commentary in the Maine Sunday Telegram! She is just right – as we boomers age, many of us having hearing issues. And, for many of us, dinner out is as much about socializing and the conversation as it is the food. Restaurants need to think more about who […]
Letter to the editor: Those who can afford to give to migrants should keep doing so
Since the new immigrants have come to Portland, it is wonderful that Mainers have given so much to help strangers. Since these newcomers need time before they integrate into Maine, they are going to need more money todo this. I live on a fixed income, like many other Mainers. We don’t have extra money because […]
Letter to the editor: Congress should have voice in decision on federal death penalty
On July 26, a Washington Post story on the Press Herald’s front page informed us that the administration, after a 16-year moratorium, plans “to resume executing federal prisoners awaiting the death penalty.” It seems to me that should be decided by our Congress, not the whims of one man. Where is our Congress, anyway? Patricia […]
Letter to the editor: Don’t forget that love is stronger than hate
The president’s Twitter assault on members of Congress who he doesn’t like says more about the president than it does about his targets. It verges on hatred, diminishing him as a human being and violating basic moral principles. Hatred is abhorrent, so abhorrent that the writer of the Bible’s 1st Letter of John calls it […]
Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins urged to heed example of Margaret Chase Smith
Re: “Collins co-sponsors foreign influence reporting bill” (July 31, Page B1): I would like to acknowledge Sen. Susan Collins for doing the very least she could do to express her constituents’ frustration and anger with the criminal actions blatantly displayed by our president and his Cabinet. She knows that her seat is under serious threat, […]