I was saddened to hear of the passing of the Rev. Billy Graham. I grew up listening to the likes of men such as Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, the Rev. Robert Schuller and, now, the Rev. Billy Graham. Those men had tremendous influence on the heart, soul and values of America. They constantly reminded the […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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God help America
I am wondering why previous presidents didn’t seem to spend a whole lot of time sending messages on Twitter. It should be against some law for a president to do such a stupid thing. And not all people have access to the internet. Is President Trump afraid to talk to people? Also, who pays for […]
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Safe childcare regulations necessary
High quality early education and care must be a top priority in Maine. As an early childhood educator working with 1-to-3-year-old children at a center in Maine, I write in response to a column about high quality child care (Sun Journal, Jan. 14). I am concerned about the direction Maine could be headed. The Health […]
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Proposed tax a bad idea
I have been reading about a proposed tax on hybrid and electric cars. That is just not right. People who have bought such vehicles paid much higher prices in purchasing them. The proposal calls for an added tax on such vehicles because they use less or no gas, yet drive on roads maintained by the […]
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Oppose EPA budget cuts
This Environmental Protection Agency was formulated in 1970. The purpose of the agency was, and continues to be, the protection of the public and the environment. The agency depends on scientific research, which allows monitoring of systems including water, air and standards for toxic substances. The EPA cannot carry out its mandate without adequate funding. […]
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Children are worth saving
The Parkland school shooting in Florida again raises the point that this nation has a problem that has not been solved, even after previous mass shootings. The nation’s children and grandchildren are at risk. The problem is that simple. Mental health problems and guns seem to be connected in the school and other mass shootings. […]
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Taking all the guns?
School shooting … take the guns and it will never happen again? You’ll never get them all. The insane will not give them up, but neither will the criminals or terrorists. Schools? Not safer. Some law-abiding people will be criminalized and you might just unleash a civil war. On Oct. 29, 2009, a group including […]
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Welcome hard-working people
Rep. Larry Lockman is something. Where others see light and opportunity, he sees only darkness and conspiracy. Exhibit A: his guest column in the Sun Journal (Feb. 18) in which he accuses me (and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins) of waging a “war on whites” by “pushing race-based identity politics in Maine.” He further suggests that […]
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Representatives need ideas
If every student who plans to walk out of school for 17 minutes on March 14 would, instead, sit at their desks and write a letter to their congressional representatives, telling them exactly what they should do to stop gun violence in America, it would actually change things. It is not enough to march and […]
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When is enough, enough?
Bots, an armada of them from Russia, were insinuated through social media into the 2016 presidential campaign election. It was a strategy designed to harm Hillary Clinton, favor Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein, and lift Donald Trump into the presidency, according to recent indictments of 13 Putin-linked operatives. “With the FBI indictments, the evidence is […]