Op-Eds Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

Op-Eds, Opinion

Cal Thomas: President should learn that kindness works better than vitriol

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019

Thomas encourages President Trump to read some selections in the Bible.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Robert Samuelson: The fate of Brexit is just a small part of a much larger story

March 20, 2019March 19, 2019

Samuelson is concerned that the U.K.’s economic performance has deteriorated, along with Europe’s.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Richard Taylor: LD 395 would allow Maine athletes and coaches to join the world in the full freedom of modern endurance sport

March 19, 2019March 15, 2019

Taylor supports proposed legislation LD 395 that would remove Maine Principals Association control of high school endurance athletes.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Rich Lowry: Don’t break up big tech

March 19, 2019March 15, 2019

Lowry blasts Elizabeth Warren’s attempt to outlaw the business models of some of the most successful American companies.

Op-Eds, Perspective

Going to college through the ‘side door’

by Bob Neal The Countryman March 17, 2019April 17, 2019

Oh, Felicity Huffman, say it ain’t so. For 20 years, the actor you may know as Lynette Scavo on “Desperate Housewives” was a role model in our house for a role she had played earlier. Now, she is a role model for how the elite cheat. Damn. Huffman was indicted on Tuesday by the federal Justice […]

Op-Eds, Perspective

Donald Trump using the Clinton playbook to defend against Mueller

by Elliott Epstein Special to the Sun Journal March 17, 2019March 17, 2019

Anticipating the imminent release of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible presidential wrongdoing, Donald Trump and his surrogates are stepping up their relentless campaign to discredit Mueller’s investigation. Their tactics – denial, obfuscation and character assassination — are not original, but come straight out of the playbook […]