I wholeheartedly agree with Peter Cipolloso’s view (March 13) that there should be no student loan bailout. Before it was reined in, the student loan program of the 1970s and 1980s reached a stratospheric default rate of 22.4% in 1992, according to the Federal Student Aid office of the U.S. Department of Education. The default […]

People have come under a strong delusion that marijuana use, of any kind, is good. The term medical marijuana is, in itself, an oxymoron which has led to complete legalization. The following organizations need to weigh in with the full force of their knowledge and experience against legalization: • American Medical Association; • American Nurses […]

I write in response to the Sun Journal’s article to upgrade the Androscoggin River’s classification (March 13). The current federal administration has reversed the 1972 Clean Water Act that limits pollution in waterways. The Obama administration had further clarified that rule because confusion about which streams and wetlands fell under federal authority. Under the rule, […]

I want to thank the gentlemen with trucks who stopped to help after my car spun out of control on the Intervale Road last week at about noon. I did not catch their names and once I got my car out of the snowbank I headed straight home. We were at a blind spot on […]

Law enforcement officers — their job is in the name. So why are there so many expired inspection stickers on the road? They are very easy to spot and yet, there they are. On many occasions, I have witnessed multiple vehicles drive past a police officer, and not just in any certain town, yet no […]

I think that viruses are so tiny and light that they could be thought of as similar to dust (even lighter). That given, I suggest that people ought to be pictured as “Schroeders.” You might recall the little guy in Peanuts trailing a blanket with a dust cloud about him? That’s all of us. And […]

People must reject the candidacy of Joe Biden in coming weeks and ensure that Bernie Sanders wins the needed delegates to be elected. Biden is not up to the task of beating Trump, let alone leading the world through this kind of crisis. We need our public officials to make this clear. Those who have […]

I am currently reading a small but important book: “On Tyranny,” by Timothy Snyder, 2017. It is in the Norway Memorial Library and, hopefully, in other libraries as well. The book is concise, at 126 pages. In light of the political situations we find ourselves in, it is well worth reading. The subtitle is “Twenty […]

With apologies to the three monkeys — Donald Trump sees no truth, hears no truth and speaks no truth. He sees no truth when he doesn’t read his daily briefing reports. He hears no truth because no one dares to tell him anything that might upset him. With more than 16,000 misrepresentations and outright lies […]