Americans deserve every assurance that candidates seeking or holding a position within the executive branches of our government possess the necessary health to carry out the leadership demands expected of the most powerful positions in global politics. Prospective candidates, as well as sitting office-holders, must, going forward, be administered independent, comprehensive health exams that ensure […]
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Letter: Two wonderful community offerings in Portland
The Portland Museum of Art’s (PMA) recent showing of a film that was part of the Jewish Film Festival (JFF) reminded me of how fortunate we are to have these two wonderful resources available to us. The JFF brings us films that we might otherwise not even know about and the PMA auditorium was a […]
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Letter: Travelers should keep an open mind
People are different, no matter where we decide to vacation.
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Letter: Our single issue must be democracy
I was among the first to cheer when Maine’s governor stood up to the bully-in-chief at the White House. I did that while entirely disagreeing with her on the specific issue where she took her stand. Like Gov. Janet Mills, I’m for democracy and against autocratic tyrants. I’m for a government in which I can […]
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Letter: We need to support our transgender athletes
As the local chapter of a national ally group supporting the family and friends of the LBGTQ+ community, we at PFLAG Portland have been both horrified by the actions of Rep. Libby to intentionally “out” a teen athlete alleged to be transgender, and grateful to Gov. Janet Mills for refusing to back down in support […]
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Letter: The ultimate price of fossil fuel
What shall it profit a man should he gain the world, yet cause the extinction of his species? A fossil fuel executive must have the skin of a reptile, for very shortly they shall, rightly or wrongly, be the most reviled and despised individuals in the 300,000-year history of humanity. Richard Rust Portland
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Letter: Right story, wrong church
Thanks to Leslie Bridgers for her March 3 column about Harriet Beecher Stowe and her famous book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” However, the statement that Mrs. Stowe’s vision of the death of Uncle Tom occurred at the First Baptist Church was incorrect. The Stowes attended First Parish Church, which was a Congregational church at that time, […]
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Letter: Are Trump voters regretting their choice?
Many Trump voters now have regrets. They believed that they wouldn’t be affected by his wrecking ball approach to government and now are suffering the consequences across the country. Those of us who voted against him understood the damage that would be done if he was elected again. Ramifications of blatant firings will have lasting […]
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Letter: Life, art and Sinclair Lewis
As a teenager, in 1962, I had the colossal bad judgment to be reading the novel “Fail-Safe” during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Today I’m reading “It Can’t Happen Here,” by Sinclair Lewis, which is evoking the same existential dread I experienced those many years ago. Fortunately, in 1962, life didn’t imitate art. This time, I […]
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Letter: Students deserve equal access to education in Maine
As a former UMaine mechanical engineering student who was kicked out of school by our governor’s legislation, I found Gov. Janet Mills to be incredibly hypocritical in her spat with President Trump. My whole life I had dreamed and worked toward becoming a mechanical engineer. In 2019, Gov. Mills and the Maine Democrats voted to […]