I have a granddaughter in Georgia who competes at a high level on her travel soccer team. Though she’s one of their youngest, she leads her teammates in virtually every statistical category, and making the Olympic team is her cherished goal. I can’t imagine how my son would feel if a collision with a transgender […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Elaine Kahaner: Canadians break 50 years of vacation tradition
If any of President Trump’s supporters think that his policies will benefit anyone other than himself and his cronies, I hope the following letter from my summer renters might demonstrate how we’ll all pay the price for his megalomania. I own a small condominium in Old Orchard Beach that has been rented for two weeks […]
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Leah Johnson: Support a rental registry to protect Maine tenants
As a housing and resource navigator for people experiencing eviction, I see firsthand the effects of the housing crisis on everyday people. Finding affordable housing is increasingly difficult. Even after finding available apartment listings, landlords are not always easy to reach. Sometimes, the contact information for a landlord is no longer current. This creates a […]
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Don Robitaille: Support for Rep. Libby’s position on sports
I wish to add my name to the many, many concerned citizens of Maine who oppose allowing men to participate in women’s sports. It is not fair. If I lived in Auburn, I would certainly support Rep. Laurel Libby in any way I could. Don Robitaille, Lewiston
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Letter: Children should not be political props
Thursday’s Feb. 27 Press Herald front page featured a photo of state Rep. Elizabeth Caruso, R-Caratunk, announcing a bill she’s sponsoring on school-age transgender athletes. Rep. Caruso, at a podium indicating the location is the State House, is surrounded by minor girls, several apparently under age 10. Debate on this bill rightly belongs as an […]
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Edward Walworth: Musk’s cuts are not the work of a scalpel
Elon Musk had a lot of fun in the Oval Office recently, brandishing a chainsaw, symbolizing his approach to slashing government waste, fraud and abuse. A few days later he changed his tune, saying that the Department of Government Efficiency was instead applying a scalpel to governmental agencies. As a retired surgeon, I would like […]
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Letter: We must stand up to the Trump administration’s gleeful cruelty
Gleeful cruelty is the despicable scene being played out as Trump and his minions pursue their DOGE initiative. Their purpose claim of rooting out waste, fraud and abuse is undermined by their indiscriminate and illogical actions: • Providing lifesaving food and medical care to starving children and families around the world is not waste. • […]
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Letter: Genetics and athletic performance are not intertwined
I am responding to a recent letter saying that Maine must protect female athletes by banning transgender women from competition. Many trans women are on hormone therapy, which negates some of the biological advantage they may have. Some trans women participate in a sport that they love but where they might not have that much […]
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Bob Riley: Our childish president needs to grow up
As a retired middle school administrator and a veteran of more than 30 years, working with adolescents, I watched the Feb. 21 interaction between our president of the United States and our governor, Janet Mills, with a mix of nostalgia and shock. Nostalgia because I truly enjoyed working with these young adolescents as they struggled […]
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Ann Morrill: Gov. Mills’ response to President Trump was just fine
In the March 9 Maine Sunday Telegram, Charles Todorich gave us an adequate summation of Joshua Chamberlain’s feats on Little Round Top. But in his efforts to equate and distinguish choices made by Chamberlain and Gov. Janet Mills, regarding which “hill to die on,” he stretches his metaphor to the point of incomprehensibility. Janet Mills […]