There are many issues in America about which I often scratch my head and wonder why they still exist. For instance, I am wondering why people are shocked and outraged over the ever-increasing opioid problem in 2017 America? Are people still surprised that the government-sponsored prohibition of a money-making addictive product fails to solve the […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Watch America be great again
It was past due. The pendulum needed to swing back to the right before it got locked at full-blown socialism. It seems that the nation’s education system has failed to show that freedom and socialism cannot work. It is one or the other. I am seeing a lot of upset liberals spouting the fear of […]
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Don't ignore the majority
I write in response to the letter from Tere Porter (Feb. 24). He responded to a story in the Sun Journal, “Electoral vote change in state?” (Feb. 18), concerning proposed changes to how Maine’s electors for the Electoral College would be chosen. Whatever happened to one man/one vote and majority wins? Porter’s statistics may be […]
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Remember Humpty Dumpty?
Things are not “fantastic,” or “great,” as our supreme leader would wish America to become. No single individual (except Jesus and perhaps Buddha) can make them so. Say this lie long enough and people will believe. Recently, I was able to speak about current events with two elderly women while at the grocery store. I […]
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Let's try a little respect
I write in response to Mary Jane Newell’s letter (Feb. 25), in which she refers to Democrats as rioters, rabble-rousers and idiots. Although she and I are about as politically opposite as any two people can be, we both live in the great United States — probably within 15 miles of each other — and […]
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Winter recreation on Lake Auburn
Private land ownership is a cornerstone of Americanism, and when private lands are systematically and deliberately acquired by a quasi-government entity, such acquisitions should have a clear and limited purpose. That purpose shouldn’t restrict or suppress the free use and enjoyment of those public lands when such use doesn’t run counter to the mission of […]
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The doctrine of hell
In an article, “Ungodly abuse” (Feb. 28), readers learned of an evangelical church based in North Carolina, the Word of Life Fellowship, whose ex-members recently divulged secrets to the Associated Press regarding appalling mistreatment they suffered under the headship of founder Jane Whaley. That abuse, including beatings and “blasting” (prolonged attacks of screaming), is intended […]
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Improve the ACA, not end it
As President Donald Trump and Congress push to lower taxes in the high income brackets, I am worried that they will quietly remove funding for provisions of the Affordable Care Act, leaving millions of hardworking people at risk of losing health care insurance coverage. Would that really be a savings for the majority of American […]
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Preventing drug abuse
In 1971, Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. This nation has been losing that war since it began. If millions of people are addicted to drugs and the success rate for treatment is something like 10 to 20 percent, then the “war” is lost. Today, the medical field is turning toward prevention in the form […]
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About that media bias …
With regard to the ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the press, it is interesting to note that at the first White House Press Association dinner of his administration on May 9, 2009, President Barack Obama was quoted as saying to the White House Press: “I’m Barack Obama. Many of you covered me and […]