Increasing shares of voters think he’s not up to the job. Yet choosing a new candidate at this late date is daunting and risky.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Biden needs support from millions of Americans who don’t think he can do the job
His debate stumbles have brought into sharp focus the unprecedented task before him: Getting votes from people who question his competence.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston shop owner helps immigrants through her food delivery service
Conversations with New Mainers: Alice Ntsame sells groceries and goods that cater to Maine’s sub-Saharan African population while trying to make it easier for new arrivals to become self-sufficient more quickly.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling poses risk for democracy, scholars say
The court’s decision raised fears that a future president will be able to act with impunity because official acts have been deemed off limits from prosecution.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Perspective
Elliott Epstein: Today’s anti-immigration rhetoric echoes past debates
The arrival of newcomers in America led to a new flowering of literature, music, theater, science and medicine.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
National celebrations mask America’s centuries-old divisions
The Declaration of Independence was not greeted with universal acclaim and many Americans stayed loyal to the crown.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
How fake foreign news fed political fervor and led to the American Revolution
Fuel for the American Revolution came from a source familiar today: distorted news reports used to drum up enthusiasm for overthrowing an illegitimate government.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
How religion and politics will mix in the 2024 election
The 2024 elections may see a more intense end-times rhetoric, claims of divine support and a failure to condemn the rise in Christian nationalism, writes a religion scholar.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Reagan’s great America shining on a hill twisted into Trump’s dark vision of Christian nationalism
Reagan and Trump — two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents — used religion to advance their political visions, but their messages and missions could not be more different.
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Search our 2024 database of Maine moose hunting permits
The 2024 Moose Permit Lottery winners database is searchable by hunter’s name or hometown.