There was a time when politics had its place. It was a glorious time when Democrat and Republican family members could have a civil (more or less) debate without cancelling each other out. It was a time when you could watch a ball game without some player or advertisement preaching to you about some issue. […]

So Sen. Susan Collins is “most bipartisan” (Sun Journal, May 3). Pardon if I am underwhelmed. Given today’s Republican Party, composed of semi-lunatic Trumpites and anti-government apologists for the owning classes typified by the obstructionist McConnell, it ain’t hard to appear reasonable, even if your bipartisanship consists mostly of wondering why President Biden won’t just […]

Thanks to Richard Grandmaison for correcting the misperception that Lewiston is the third largest city in Maine. Lewiston has been the second largest city in Maine since at least the early 1900s despite a long list of obstacles that have seemed aimed at limiting its size and influence: namely, a statewide blindness to its strengths […]

At a time when more people are out of work and struggling, it seems our elected officials at both the School Committee and City Council have decided to double down with larger tax increases, more programs, and jobs that this city simply cannot afford. As a past member of the City Council and past member […]

Rep. Sheila Lyman’s guest column (“Seeking information and drawing our own conclusions is freedom,” May 2) is chock full of the most sophomoric thinking and absurd rationalizations imaginable. It is hard to believe that her notions could pass for informed thought. As I am sure she knows, children need to demonstrate proof of inoculations (a […]

Every state needs to make it easy as possible for people to vote. The U.S. Congress needs to act to make sure the right to vote is not infringed, encumbered or burdened. It should be easy to vote, and states should be making it easier, not harder. Voting restrictions are wrong and should be illegal. […]