The Maine Legislature has a bill before it to end the sale of flavored tobacco products. LD 1215, submitted by Sen. Jill Duson, would potentially be the greatest opportunity to protect the health and safety of our kids from harmful, addictive products that are marketed directly toward their age group. I’ve listened to some of […]

I write in rebuttal to Lawrence Everett’s letter (“A past not remembered may be repeated,” March 23). Those who ignore history, as Mr. Everett wrote in his letter, are doomed to repeat it. This I accept as fact. His history is good; had his friend, the Panzer commander, told him about Czechoslovakia in 1938? Does […]

I was awestruck by an article I read recently, titled “‘0% chance of survival’: World’s most premature twins defy doctors.” Written by the Guinness Book of World Records, the article discussed how twins born 126 days early to a couple in Canada just celebrated their first birthday. During the birth, the parents were told that […]

On March 20 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its latest assessment on climate change, drawing on the findings of hundreds of scientists throughout the world. The assessment details the devastating impacts of rising greenhouse gas emissions, including destruction of homes, loss of crops and fragmentation of communities. Animal agriculture is responsible for at […]

People will always fight for their highest level of morality. And so we should. However, morality originates from different places in different people. Others and their well-being can be my utmost priority. Or, myself and my own well-being will be my first priority. It cannot be both. It will never be both. And this is […]

I would like to offer a different perspective on Mary Beth Taylor’s recent letter about the Regional School Unit 16 budget (“Reasons to oppose RSU 16 budget,” March 30). While it’s true that she expressed opposition to the budget due to concerns about a potential bond payment and unbalanced elementary student-to-teacher ratios, I know there […]

I recently got a letter from Money Metals Exchange asking me to call members of the Maine Joint Taxation Committee and to ask them to support Auburn state Sen. Eric Brakey’s bill, LD 1051. He proposes in this bill to ban Maine sales tax on the sale of gold and silver bullion and coins. I […]

I am a college student, studying to be a vet tech. To me, the correct and ethical treatment of animals is of the utmost importance. I feel the same courtesy and protections should be extended to our own species. Fetuses are human beings in a stage of development. They are no less valuable than a […]

I’m rebutting Edmund’s Lewis’ letter (“CMP is not the enemy,” March 21), a rebuttal of mine (“Our Power initiative deserves Mainers’ support,” March 11). Central Maine Power is, J.D. Power’s 2021 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Survey reports, dead last among all utilities in the nation at customer satisfaction — 121st, with Versant close behind […]

Like many of my former colleagues at Bates College, I was disappointed by the results of the recent union election. I was also disappointed with the reporting on those results in the Sun Journal, which surmised that the outcome showed that staff were “generally satisfied with the way Bates treats them.” A more accurate assessment […]