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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PublishedJuly 7, 2023
Clarence Page: At least the Supreme Court offered alternatives to affirmative action
Find a kid who has overcome social and economic obstacles in pursuit of success and, regardless of their race, you have someone who is closer to what most folks view as the American ideal of a fair chance to succeed.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2023
Editorial cartoon for Friday, July 7
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Jason Pawlina: Auburn ‘is in a better place’ with current leadership
Auburn’s mayor, council, and city staff are working toward solutions that benefit the citizens of Auburn. Having lived here with my family for 20 years and volunteering in various areas over many of those years, it is encouraging to watch these leaders work with residents to get things done in a way that is positive […]
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Androscoggin County Criminal Court
Christopher Hopkins Sr., 41, Lewiston, failure to register vehicle on Nov. 15, 2021, dismissed. Sergio Chico, 27, Auburn, operating while license suspended or revoked and violating condition of release on Nov. 20, 2021, first charge found guilty, fined $250 with all suspended; second charge dismissed. James E. Burns, 27, Norway, operating vehicle without license on […]
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Rudolph Ziehm: How do you apologize for telling the truth?
Hunter Biden and the two-tier justice system seem to be true. In 1974, Nelson Rockefeller owed the Internal Revenue Service $903,718 for taxes not paid in the previous five years. He paid $820,718, with no penalty, which is normal in settling undisputed cases. It is not normal for the former president to threaten to withhold […]
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Mary Anne Norcross: The greatest gift is ‘the gift of life’
In a recent interview, blind Italian tenor Andre Bocelli made a statement about abortion. His mother had been advised by doctors to end her pregnancy because the child was going to be impaired. His mother refused. He stated: “the greatest gift my mother has ever given me was the gift of life.” Our legislators and […]
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Froma Harrop: Do we really need to travel?
Quaint Bar Harbor, Maine, recently had to put limits on cruise ship visits. Some ships were so big, they would disgorge 4,000 passengers into this town of only 5,200 people.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Editorial cartoon for Thursday, July 6
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Terence McManus: Those who applied for college loans should pay the debt
It is a given that, in many cases, in order for a student to go to college he or she will have to get a loan. It is also a given that tuition costs are rising exponentially year after year. But — those who took out these loans promised to pay them back — they […]
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PublishedJuly 5, 2023
Rich Lowry: Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
Jackson spends a lot of time recounting the country’s racial sins and then declares them inescapable today. Even if this simplistic account were true, she fails to establish why racially biased college admissions are legal or warranted.
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