What on earth is happening to the United States of America? Every day we are bombarded with another missile from President Trump. It’s hard to keep up (I am sure that is by design). I would say that the scariest thing that Trump (and, as his proxy, Stephen Miller) is doing is unleashing ICE on […]
Deb Sayer
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Trump’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ post was shameful | Letter
I am writing in astonishment about a Sept. 6 post on social media by President Trump, featuring a picture as if he were Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from the 1979 film “Apocalypse Now,” stating the following: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning … Chicago about to find out why it’s called the […]
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Musing on Susan Collins’ future | Letter
I cautiously agree with the argument made in Steve Collins’ recent op-ed, “Susan Collins should quit the Republican Party,” that the senator should recognize that the Republican Party as currently constituted does not reflect her stated values. I have come to that personal conclusion, and I now register as “unenrolled,” despite my career as a […]
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‘Loving the North Woods’ is a strong, triumphant account | Letter
A recent review missed the wood for the trees.
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Maine does not need the business of upset Canadians | Letter
Here is my response to Canadians who are threatening to no longer visit Maine: Don’t. I’ve noticed that our beaches are cleaner and more free of cigarette butts since fewer Canadians are visiting Maine beaches. The few dollars they spend here will not break any business in Maine. Joseph J. Valecko, Jr.Lewiston
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Not the ‘election interference’ I’ve come to fear | Letter
Recently, I saw the headline “Democratic lawmaker from Blue Hill charged with election interference” (Sept. 5). Before I opened the article, my mind conjured all of the instances of election interference we’ve seen across the country in recent years. Piqued, I opened the article. I was astonished to read that, with scant evidence, the representative […]
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Together we can defend ‘public health’ | Letter
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s leadership as health secretary has elevated debate on public health. Many disagree with his approach, me included. Still, I see value in this debate for what may come next. Traditional public health initiatives seek to reduce disease burden in the population through individual education, encouragement, resources and mandates (like childhood vaccinations). […]
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Grateful for MaineGeneral Medical Center | Letter
Over Labor Day weekend, I had a medical emergency that led me to be taken from the Thayer Center ER in Waterville to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta for emergency surgery and a week of recovery. I am writing to say how impressed I was by the caring and professionalism of everyone at MGMC: the doctors, […]
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Portland officials should not blame commercial property owners | Letter
The buck needs to stop with the city.
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Letter ignores LGBTQ community’s reality | Letter
A mean-spirited Sept. 10 letter (“Gender ideology does not belong in Maine schools”) suggests the writer has been breathing the rarefied air of Trumpism for too long. The writer appears to have little empathy with or understanding of her fellow human beings in the LGBTQ community. If she did have a friend or relative, a […]