The profound and sustained challenge to auto industry economics will force cost cutting, mergers — and all the political wrangling, labor unrest and trade friction this entails.
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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What you think you know about Ukraine is probably wrong
What worries the peoples of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, as well as the Baltic States and (quietly) Kazakhstan, is that the independence they finally regained in 1991 may prove just another interlude in this expansionist story of Russia.
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Jeff Robbins: Delayed Reaction: Joe Biden won’t be short sold forever
Had Russia succeeded in subjugating Ukraine, as it surely would have but for Biden’s skilled, determined response to the invasion, the former Soviet republics and Eastern Europe would be under threat of being next on Putin’s menu.
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On, Comet! On, Cupid! Wait, who are Dunder and Blixem?
The first major interventions in this Christmas favorite were made by Charles Fenno Hoffman, who in 1837 ascribed the poem to Clement Clarke Moore: Hoffman changed “Blixem” to “Blixen,” for a perfect rhyme, and “Dunder” to “Donder.”
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Panic over mystery drones says more about people than UFOs
Every time any of us looks out the kitchen window, glances into the backyard sky or drives down an empty highway, we can believe we might see that one glowing light that changes everything.
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Patricia Fogg: Is this the future Americans want?
I’d like to thank my neighbors for recognizing the threats to our democracy. Although Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t win the election nationwide, she prevailed in Maine. Those who didn’t vote or who voted for Donald Trump have delivered a blow to all that we Americans hold precious, a blow from which we may not […]
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In rebuttal: Brian Kelly: There are poor role models across the political spectrum
I’m writing in response to Rich Hatch’s letter lamenting the lack of role models and societal standards (“Blame lack of role models and no societal standards,” Nov. 30). It was disappointing that what could have been a worthwhile discourse on this subject turn into a partisan hack job of liberals. Is Mr. Hatch not aware […]
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Clarence Page: Democrats have work to do to reclaim the mantle of change
Where have all the Democrats gone? Maybe the party’s leaders need to go find out.