The issue of alternate energy sources is a challenge in today’s society and economy. Issues to consider include the history of pollution caused by decades of fossil fuel consumption, impact of secondary issues on the environment such as erosion of soil and waterways, impact of the collective forms of energy on communities, effects on Maine […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Send the governor to jail
In an interview recently, Gov. Paul LePage suggested that he would go to jail before he would agree to an expansion of Medicaid that could result in 70,000 additional Mainers getting affordable health care. LePage has vetoed legislation to expand Medicaid seven times. In last November’s referendum, 59 percent of Maine citizens voted for the […]
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Kavanaugh is devoted volunteer
Your readers might be interested in knowing that not two days after being nominated for the Supreme Court by President Trump, Judge Brett Kavanaugh was spotted taking his usual turn and feeding the homeless outside Catholic Charities in downtown Washington, D.C. The judge is a volunteer with the St. Maria’s meals program. A fellow volunteer […]
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Pitts is kidding us
Somehow I do not think columnist Leonard Pitts solved his problem? in trying to decide whether to be a liberal or a conservative. He is kidding us. He never had a problem with that question. He is a liberal and always has been a liberal as his columns through the years will attest. He is […]
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Time to pressure Collins
Susan Collins issued a statement regarding D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for Supreme Court justice saying that Kavanaugh has “impressive credentials and extensive experience.” That’s true, and the senator might have added deep Republican contacts through his elite prep school and Ivy League pedigree. As the staff secretary for President George W. […]
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Be careful what you wish for
Obituary of our democracy — is that what is happening in our United States of America? By the time Trump is out of office, whether it be by impeachment, or the end of his term, will we still be a democracy? Trump promised to “drain the swamp.” Instead, the swamp has become filled with so […]
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Who's supporting 'We the People?'
Jared Golden just lost my vote! Anyone who is blind to what has happened with assault-style weapons in this country is not representing the safety of our citizens. There are places for these type of weapons, and that’s in the military, weapons of war. That certainly doesn’t mean that I will vote for Bruce Poliquin, […]
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Taking away legal rights
Donald Trump and the Republicans are happy that they got their tax cut for the rich, which raised the deficit to unwise heights, justifying (in their minds) cutting social security, Medicare and Medicaid. Now they are hoping to prohibit abortion, a legal right since 1973. Women don’t have equal rights without abortion rights. Men aren’t […]
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Support for Ned Claxton
Great news for Maine. Ned Claxton is running for State Senator from Auburn, New Gloucester, Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls. I am a Lewiston/Auburn family physician, and Ned’s colleague for 25 years. People here in Central Maine are experiencing long waits to see specialists, and many have lost their primary care physician and can’t find […]
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Vacationland or wind-tower land?
Vacationland or wind-tower land, we can’t have both. Soon the voters of Greenwood will be called on to settle this issue. The wind energy company from Texas and now Canada is after all the government subsidy money it can get its hands on. With this money, it hopes to erect as many turbines as possible […]