I am writing in response to the March 9 op-ed stating that Gov. Mills chose the “wrong hill” to die on. What I saw in her interaction with President Trump was someone courageously standing up to a bully. She didn’t choose the fight. He called her out about a policy that she did not establish. […]
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Letter: Mills deserves credit for standing up to Trump
Charles Todorich spent a lot of time giving us a Civil War history lesson (“Unlike Joshua Chamberlain, Gov. Mills chose the wrong hill to die on,” March 9) and then failed to explain what it had to do with Gov. Janet Mills telling Trump that Maine will not be bullied and that she will do […]
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Letter: EV charging station holdup convenient for Musk, Tesla
The delayed rollout of new Level 3 chargers in Maine is unfair, if not downright corrupt.
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Letter: With Maine punishments, Trump shows his petulance
President Donald Trump backtracked on an order to require new Maine parents to visit Social Security Administration offices to register their children, rather than use a check-off measure on hospital forms available in all other states. Now, the bloviating president has axed $15 million in federal funding for energy efficiency and clean energy programs in […]
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Letter: Music education is not a luxury
Music is more than an art form — it’s a force for connection, self-discovery and transformation. It deepens empathy, fosters understanding and builds bridges where there might otherwise be division. That’s why we must voice our support for public school educators, particularly in light of the recent layoffs in South Portland, including music teachers. These […]
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Letter: The water’s getting awfully warm in America
As the frog noted, “This water is getting warm!” Some locations are drying up, others are flooding, others are on fire or besieged by storms on steroids. It is unacceptable that the GOP’s hyperpartisan stampede to erase the language and (it hopes) the memory of wokeness in our country has allowed climate science and whole […]
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Letter: Arrest sends a chilling message on freedom of speech
The arrest of Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil raises serious questions about the future of our democracy.
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Letter: Who will really speak up for women?
The March 8 letter you published from Barb Boyne of Lago Vista, Texas, (“A sad time for Maine’s female athletes“) was filled with harmful misinformation and a true lack of understanding around the issue of trans women in sports. Boyne seems to think that the reason people “become” transgender is to game the system and […]
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Letter: State holidays should include all
Should Eid become a state holiday? Sure, why not? Maybe along with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? I was saddened, horrified and aghast when I read the bigoted responses that two Maine lawmakers made when the proposal from Rep. Mana Abdi, D-Lewiston, was made to make the two Muslim Eid holidays state holidays. The U.S. […]