In his recent Lewiston Sun Journal op-ed (“Maine is not a haven of white-collar office workers,” Aug. 22), Thomas Farley expressed his opposition to President Biden’s proposal to create a pathway to citizenship for people who are living in the United States as undocumented immigrants. Farley claims that, by helping people get the opportunity to […]

Some Republican governors — DeSantis (Florida), Abbot (Texas), Ricketts (Nebraska), Reynold (Iowa) and others, also pastors of some fundamentalist churches — are encouraging their supporters to get sick and/or die by telling them not to get vaccinated. Some of their followers will die in agony in the ICU, unable to breathe due to COVID. Some […]

Andrew Lewis’ letter in the Aug. 29 Sun Journal (“Auburn committee failed with mask choice vote“), hit the nail squarely on the head. It’s way past the time when this foolish masking and vaccination issue was put to rest. How any parent could send their child to school unmasked if school masking is optional boggles […]

Now that we’re seeing the failure to meet our objectives in the war in Afghanistan and the lives lost, we can now look forward to our next war: the one against the COVID virus. The enemy has one objective, to kill as many as possible. This enemy cannot strategize like a human enemy. It achieves […]

Youth need time outdoors to be happy, healthy, connected and curious. A troubling report in the Portland Press Herald stated, “In Maine and across the country, the number of adolescents who attempt suicide has risen dramatically.” We have an immediate opportunity to care for ourselves and our youth with more exposure to the natural world. […]