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Bad business, not racism

To the editor: Some comments on Al Craft’s letter to the Times. In his letter he states his supermajority state legislature is the product of what his supreme court called racially biased gerrymandering. I believe he was referring to the redistricting proposal suggested by the Republicans and challenged by the Democrats.

Flavored tobacco needs to go

To the editor: Although the FDA has denied marketing applications for over 1 million flavored e-cigarette products, they have yet to stop all flavored tobacco sales and there are still more than 15,000 flavors on the market to choose from.

Let’s stick to facts

To the editor: In perusing the most recent and earlier dated issues of [the Times], what has become quite clear to this writer is that the so common "mud-slinging" from our brothers and sisters on the left is almost 100 percent without merit and is forwarded simply as a desperate, and later embarrassing, shot at a conservative subscriber in a losing discussion.

Misplaced fictional concreteness

To the editor: A Jan. 26 letter vilified President Biden’s efforts to shield voting rights from quasi-legal constraints now raging across too many states. Yellow card, please.

Troubled democracy

To the editor: Our country is in trouble. Democracy in America is being threatened by a political party, led by an incompetent president more interested in a dictatorship than in government for all. The Democratic Party today is little more than a sham and Biden’s promise to be a uniter is all but forgotten.

In support of WHOU decision

To the editor: Wow, someone did the right thing. We hear continuously about priests, coaches, doctors and others in authority sexually abusing boys and girls, sometimes for decades, who are allowed to continue do so because the people in charge and are responsible for stopping this deplorable behavior turn a blind eye.

Position is clear

To the editor: Regarding Walter Crean’s latest letter on racism in America: Now we all know where you stand, Walter … except for the racists.

Thoughts on cultural inequality

To the editor: With an open mind, I read the thoughtful Jan. 5 letter about cultural versus systemic inequality. I hope these thoughts in reply might be read with an equally open mind.

It might be time to take a look at inequality as cultural and not systemic

To the editor: Today we are facing what appears to be mostly a black racial uprising in America. The popular opinion seems to be that racial disparities exist and are caused by systemic racism. Systemic racism is defined as: The pattern of social and political systems discriminating against a group of people based on race.

Repercussions

To the editor: My other half called me an idiot today. I jokingly told her she wouldn’t call me that if I had finished high school. She said she also wouldn’t call me that if I wasn’t an idiot. I didn’t take offense, almost everyone is entitled to their opinion, accent on the almost.

Keeping the language alive

To the editor: I enjoyed reading the most recent Mon 5 Cents in the SJVT. It's true what my friend Don Levesque said about how time goes by faster as you age.

Why I mask

To the editor: I’m a former resident of Fort Kent and a UMFK graduate. In light of the controversy in Fort Kent about mask wearing in the elementary school, I thought it might be helpful to share four reasons I mask up.

Thoughtful, caring people must step in

To the editor: Currently, in Fort Kent and SAD 27, we need help

The declining country

To the editor: One year ago today the price of gasoline in the U.S. was $1.88 per gallon. Today, it is $3.59 per gallon. A year ago, our southern border was under complete control. Iran, Iraq, China, North Korea and others were petrified of the United States.

Time for hardball

To the editor: It appears that in this nation of mixed races and genders, of mixed religions and beliefs, of different ages and locations, that when our courts (with juries selected by prosecution and defense counsel together), after studying the facts presented to them, judge to acquit a defendant, such judgment is mandate to further review and approval/disapproval by the masses.

In support of tribal rights

To the editor: In 2019, state Sen. Mike Carpenter led a bipartisan task force with members representing the state of Maine and the Wabanaki tribes. They came up with 22 recommendations to improve relations between the state and the tribes.

Let’s keep working to strengthen Maine’s child care system

To the editor: A recent column by Senate President Troy Jackson of Aroostook County, where I am proud to say I was born and raised, cites strengthening child care as a top priority -- and success -- of the last session of Maine’s Legislature.

Time out

To the editor: Simple question from a pretty old man (78) living up here in Madawaska living on Social Security and little else: About a year or so ago, I would drive down the street to my local auto fuel dealer and fill ’er up at $1.88 per gallon and maybe buy a six-pack.

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