I know bad things happen. They happen to good people and to bad people. I also know that the human race is imperfect. No claim to perfection can be given credence by clear-thinking people. Not one elected official, not one city or county employee, not any branch of any governmental organization has risen to perfection. […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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A taste of their own medicine
No doubt, drug problems in Maine are getting worse. How many young people are persuaded by their friends to use drugs? Here is a tip: They are not friends. Run. How many young people die from an overdose sold to them by a pusher? Drug pushers who are convicted go to jail for a period […]
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There are no losers
This is in response to the letter to the editor from Mary Jane Newell (Jan. 27). In it, she wrote that liberals should just get over it regarding the actions of Gov. Paul LePage. She further stated that liberals are sore losers. I would offer the following for her and others’ consideration: regarding conservatives and […]
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Do not need a demagogue
Recently, Gov. Paul LePage managed to make national news three times: for a crass joke about bringing back the guillotine, for encouraging Mainers to commit murder and for petulantly refusing to deliver the governor’s annual State of the State speech. Enough. LePage has gone on and on about attracting business to Maine, but how can […]
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Epitome of social justice
I support Gov. Paul LePage and his statements about bringing back the death penalty. I have always been pro capital punishment and always will be. I wake up every day to news of heinous crimes being committed against the most vulnerable of our society. The governor is right that people should be upset and show […]
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Doesn’t impart wisdom
I just finished reading Mary Jane Newell’s latest letter to the editor (Jan. 27). Typically, I am unable to read her screeds in their entirety, but somehow my eye drifted to her penultimate line and it made me ponder. If, as she implies, carrying a copy of the U.S. Constitution brings her wisdom and greater […]
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Veterans’ benefits at risk
It seems each year that we veterans, who served our country with pride and honor, are not getting what we were promised, and what we are getting is being taken away, piece by piece. Does anyone, either a veteran or senior citizen, really believe they don’t need a cost-of-living adjustment to buy food and pay […]
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Is Trump presidential material?
Voters need to be thoughtful and careful when they elect a new president. America doesn’t need an arrogant, crude leader who lacks respect for the dignity of the office of the president — someone who will do or say almost anything to get attention. This nation doesn’t need an angry president who hates immigrants and […]
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A more humane method for mice
Drowning mice in anti-freeze, poisoning them, or trapping them with glue traps, stuffing them into plastic bags and throwing them in the trash isn’t just cruel, it is futile (“Got mice?” Sun Journal, Jan. 24). More mice will move in to take the place of those who were killed and the temporary spike in the […]
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Come to your own conclusions
In his letter (Jan. 21), Andrew Hall wrote that it had recently occurred to him that President Obama was making a mockery of the Constitution. That claim has been made for more than a year on a multitude of conservative blogs and sites. That is nothing new. During the past 10 or 15 years, conservatives […]