The Biden administration’s reckless withdrawal strategy from Afghanistan is an embarrassment, both at home and to our allies, in my opinion. Most Americans polled wanted our troops out of Afghanistan, but they also wanted it done right. We should have gotten our fellow Americans and the military equipment out before pulling the troops, not the […]
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Letter to the Editor: Business should have to follow kindergarten rules
An Aug. 21 letter to the editor from a manufacturers’ industry spokesperson overlooked a crucial point in his critique of climate litigation: These cases aren’t about solving climate change; they’re about dollars and cents. Adaptation and resiliency projects are necessary to protect our communities from the impacts of climate change – but they’re expensive. A […]
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Letter to the editor: Do the math – vaccination saves lives
Re: “Letter to the editor: COVID vaccine is useless, and Nemitz should know it” (Sept. 5): I’m sure that columnist Bill Nemitz (Aug. 22) can defend himself. However, as a clinician I want to offer the letter writer a class in statistics. The vaccine providers specifically state, over and over, that the vaccine may not […]
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Letter to the editor: Comparison misses mark on COVID in U.S., Israel
The similarity between the countries’ infection rates shouldn’t overshadow the disparity in their death rates.
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Letter to the editor: Writer overlooks key facts on COVID
Re: “Letter to the editor: COVID vaccine is useless, and Nemitz should know it,” by Peter Petersen (Aug. 5): I found it interesting that Mr. Petersen has missed the most important facts related to the use of the COVID vaccine. The majority of patients being admitted to hospitals for COVID infections are unvaccinated. The majority […]
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Letter to the editor: Critic of Nemitz, vaccine encourages ‘two Maines’ divide
After reading Swanville resident Peter Petersen’s Sept. 5 diatribe (“Letter to the editor: COVID vaccine is useless, and Nemitz should know it”), targeting columnist Bill Nemitz and the common sense of vaccinating oneself against COVID-19, I feel compelled to respond. First of all, I find Israeli COVID statistics suspect. Neither do I trust 2nd District […]
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Letter to the editor: Former Press Herald managing editor was man of principle
Re: “Curt Hazlett, former managing editor of the Portland Press Herald, dies at 68” (Sept. 2): The best thing that can be said of Curt Hazlett is that he was a newspaperman through and through. The many tributes coming in are true enough. For Curt, however, newspapers were a calling, and to say he was […]
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Letter to the editor: Portland must move ahead with clean election initiative
City councilors are trying to distract residents’ attention when they should be allowing residents to vote on the proposal.
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Letter to the editor: A different definition of what’s ‘unthinkable’
I agree with Dave Del Camp’s Sept. 9 Maine Voices column (“Twenty years after 9/11, ‘unthinkable’ looks a lot different”). He states, “Twenty years ago, you and I witnessed the unthinkable. Today, ‘unthinkable’ looks a lot different.” Well, he’s right. It sure does look different, a lot different. Twenty years ago, American flags were proudly […]
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Letter to the editor: Los Angeles Times readers will miss new Press Herald city editor
Re: “Press Herald names new city editor” (Aug. 19): I knew of no other way than writing to your paper to let Nita Lelyveld know how much I will miss her thoughtful, often moving, columns in the Los Angeles Times (a paper I’ve read every day for decades, through multiple owners). I’m looking at her […]