More than 150 years ago, more than one million Americans were either wounded or killed in order to free our brothers and sisters of color. The most important result of the Civil War was the legacy of hate that it left on both sides. Fast forward 150 years and that same legacy of hate exists […]

Letter writer Robert Casimiro promotes a common myth — that climate science is unproven (Sun Journal, June 12). To counter this misinformation, I encourage reading “The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism.” It’s available online and provides an excellent summary of the lines of evidence that have led 200 science academies throughout the world, including […]

A little clarification is warranted on the union negotiations between IAM S-6 and BIW/General Dynamics. As employees of BIW, we build some of the most sophisticated warships on the water. We do this by forming, bending, drilling, cutting, welding and so forth on thousands of tons of steel for one ship. And for these efforts, […]

If anyone thinks Sen. Collins is going to have their backs now, they are wrong. I couldn’t believe it when I heard how much money she sold the public out for. Congress has taken away everything — jobs, now unemployment checks, and now possibly a second stimulus check. Compare two stimulus checks to one paycheck […]

Many states are still spiking with COVID-19 cases. That news has me thinking about the upcoming elections, both the primary election in July and, especially, the general election in November. Any plan of holding in-person elections raises the prospect of more exposure for the poll workers, wardens, town clerks and every citizen who walks in […]

The GOP has been hijacked by an unlikely actor who had been roundly criticized by just about every pol on the right as an outlier who was not qualified and was generally dismissed. Then, surprisingly, he was elected. “What now? was the question for conservatives. In my opinion, they failed. Party before country became the […]

I am writing in support of Ken Morse, candidate for Maine House District 71. Morse has always been on the front line of innovation. One day in 1983, he visited me carrying a strange silver suitcase. He snapped it open and announced that it was a Kaypro personal computer. I had never seen anything like […]

Ken Morse is working to become the representative for Maine House District 71 (West Paris, Waterford, Norway, Sweden). He was raised in Waterford on his family orchard. Anyone who knows of farm work knows of the various chores and repairs that are always needed. Morse learned in the field and orchard, up and down those […]

Both nationally and locally, should we not expect and demand our elected officials to be responsible to their oaths and to their constituencies, i.e., both of the smaller polling unit and of the larger governed unit? As an elected representative, one should be free of loyalty to associates, affiliations, employers and higher elected officials. Particularly […]

As I have been listening, learning and investing in the work, it has become abundantly clear that as a society, we have a lot of unlearning work to do when it comes to systemic racism. Part of the unlearning process is to acknowledge the problem (racism) and to hold ourselves accountable for our roles, especially […]