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In his Jan. 30 concert review, Steve Feeney gave rather short shrift to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which was brilliantly performed by the Portland Symphony (“Review: Beethoven’s 5th caps off concert of tough-minded music”). His brief comments were positive but did not convey the passion with which it was performed by conductor Eckart Preu and the […] ....
Kudos to columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal for her brilliant and righteous takedown of Rep. Jared Golden’s diatribe on student loan forgiveness (The Maine Millennial, Aug. 27). She takes issue with Golden’s definition of “working class” and his suggestion that young people “join the Marines” as a way to get a college education or “join a union […] ....
Whatever possessed the Press Herald to print the totally insulting cartoon by Dick Wright of President Biden so prominently in the March 9 edition? It’s an insult, not only to Biden, but to all older folks. I am 80 years old and continue to be fully engaged in the world. I eat healthy food, work […] ....
Kudos to Charles Spanger for his recent letter to the editor (Aug. 26). Spanger takes issue with the comments of longtime grassroots activist Stephen J. Lyons, who wrote a syndicated Chicago Tribune commentary stating that, because of his age, he no longer has responsibility to work for issues of peace and social justice. As a […] ....