Millions of voters from Maine to California are headed to the polls on Super Tuesday, a day that’s rich with delegates in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
What to watch as 14 states vote in Super Tuesday primaries
The Democratic presidential candidates are racing toward the biggest day on the primary calendar, when 14 states vote on Super Tuesday
Health officials beg Americans to stop panic-shopping for face masks
Masks should be reserved for health-care workers or those who are already sick, officials say.
Calm down, establishment Democrats. Bernie Sanders might be the safest choice.
“Moderate” candidates won’t be electable if they can’t speak to middle- and working-class frustrations.
Prospect of Sanders as presidential nominee divides Senate Democrats
They have worked more closely with the self-proclaimed democratic socialist than anyone else the past 13 years, and some fear his impact on competitive Senate races.
To fix the primaries, bring back peer review
The Republican nomination of Donald Trump in 2016 illustrated a hidden weakness in the new system — the absence of peer review.
Question 1: Maine’s 31st people’s veto referendum
March 3 — for the first time in 20-years — Maine will have a presidential primary election. It will be only the third time in the state’s history such an event will be taking place — the others being 1996 and 2000. The date marks, however, a somewhat more familiar though still unusual landmark in […]
Opting out of vaccinations should not be an option
If you were to conduct a public survey as to whether respondents thought a terrorist should be criminally prosecuted, convicted and punished for spraying an aerosol can of dangerous pathogens in a school building, you’d probably get a nearly unanimous affirmative response. Well on Tuesday, Maine’s voters will be asked in a referendum if it’s […]
Could Bernie Sanders beat Donald Trump?
Assessing the relevant data points after the senator’s dominant win in Nevada’s caucus.
Drug agents arrest Mexico man after undercover cocaine buys
Richard Burgess is charged with selling cocaine from his home.