Letters to the Editor - Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel

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Letters to the Editor

Published
September 22, 2012

It appears GOP really means ‘Let them die’

An article in the current New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM 2012;367: 1025-34) reported the results of Medicaid expansion on health and mortality in three states, including Maine.
Published
September 22, 2012

Extra embassy guards needed on Sept. 11

Whereas Sept. 11 is a solemn day of remembrance in America, it is a day of celebration in many countries.
Published
September 22, 2012

When did anti-colonialism become offensive?

The clean-coal lobby has responded to my Sept. 1 letter about clean-coal technology.
Published
September 22, 2012

Education key to understanding homosexuality

Many years ago, our oldest son told my husband and me he was gay.
Published
September 22, 2012

Maloney has rare combination of attributes

I urge the voters of Kennebec and Somerset counties to vote for Maeghan Maloney, Democratic candidate for district attorney.

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Published
September 22, 2012

Romney response to violence a ‘pants on fire’ lie

The Cairo embassy issued a statement apologizing for a video's attack on Muhammad. Embassy officials knew that the average Egyptian in the street was unhappy. Imagine how fundamentalist Christians in Birmingham or Roanoke would react should Muslims make an attack on Jesus.
Published
September 22, 2012

God not ‘insulted’ by human beings’ actions

If God is actually "God" -- absolute, almighty, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent -- how is it even remotely possible that this Being could in any way be "insulted" by anything a mere human being could say or do?
Published
September 22, 2012

Marriage is about love, sharing, commitment

As a 61-year-old married man, a father and grandfather, I must speak out on the issue of same-sex marriage.
Published
September 21, 2012

If Doonesbury poked fun at Islam, just imagine …

The Sept. 16 Doonesbury cartoon strip by Gary Trudeau could not have been printed at a better time. This strip pokes fun (if that is possible) at strongly held religious beliefs and at the political leaning of a certain southern state.
Published
September 21, 2012

Attack on our soil reason to vote against Obama

After 11 years, they were finally successful with another significant attack on our soil, and we lost our ambassador to Libya as well. The next few days will determine what we will do as a nation for the next several years in the foreign policy realm.