The Sun Journal reported March 18 (“One-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in short supply in Maine“) on how a 67-year-old woman could not get the vaccination she needed, because that type of vaccine is reserved only for teachers. This is wrong. This is not a political thing. I won’t debate the merits of the […]

Republicans defend our Second Amendment right to bear arms. Democrats defend our 24th Amendment right to vote. America’s Constitution guarantees our right to bear arms and our right to vote. Democrats do not want to take our guns away. They want to stop mass shootings and senseless killing through regulations, registrations and some restrictions. Republicans […]

The U.S. Constitution is often described as a “living document.” Changes to the Constitution have occurred as society has evolved — ending slavery, allowing women to vote, prohibition and its reversal. Yet no one has touched the Second Amendment since it was written, even though society and technology has changed. The right to bear arms […]

When Jared Golden votes differently from the majority of Democrats, I make it a point to read his complete explanation carefully. Though I may not agree with the decision he comes to, I have always understood his reasoning and respected his stand. The Republican Party has made it clear that it demands unthinking party loyalty […]

Bob Schaible’s March 21 guest column, “Sen. King complicit in Israel’s Big Lie,” – depicting Israel as a horrid master that mistreats the Arab population of the Mid-East – was itself a Big Lie. I have lost track of the number of times Israel has offered Arab leaders land for peace, only to have the […]

Congratulations to the Thompson Lake residents in Oxford for their impressive and continuing work to eliminate variable milfoil from the lake, as featured Feb. 14 (“Paul Cain: Milfoil removal at Thompson Lake has been a great success“). One small plant may appear harmless, but some of us have seen first-hand the consequences of billions of […]

With the new municipal budget in the forecast, it’s time to back off on the taxpayers, and tell department heads to tighten their budgets. It seems, every July 1, the city wins the lottery. Brand new trucks and equipment roll into the Public Works yard like they’re going to stop making them. The pork in […]

I am a veteran and an immigrant. I love this country, I love this state. But our healthcare system? It’s completely broken. I grew up in Uganda, and during political upheaval there, I lost both my parents and one of my sisters. I had family here in Maine, and moved when I was 22. I […]

I’m sure that most people who follow politics through newspapers and television news programs which employ fact checkers are aware that not one Republican voted in favor of the bill that President Biden recently signed. In spite of this fact, apparently at least one Republican is trying to take credit for it. This pandemic relief […]