Today, we owe it to each other to ensure that all American citizens can cast a ballot — but staying politically involved beyond voting, echoing the tradition of those who signed petitions in the 19th century, can safeguard our democracy.
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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E. Paul Dumont: Lewiston motorists have been kind, patient
I would like to let the motorists of Lewiston know that I appreciate their patience when behind a school bus. When picking up or dropping off a student it is crucial to wait and make sure the child has safely been seated or arrived safely to appropriate destinations. I am a Hudson Bus driver and […]
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Katey Branch: Painful level of disrespect for LGBTQ+ community
I am deeply disturbed that a petition for recall of two SAD 17 School board members, both from Paris, is being made. I do not believe people were given correct information when encouraged to sign the recall petition. These Paris members are two of 12 school board members who approved the first reading of the […]
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Dan McKay: Maine needs a real energy plan. Now
Maine continues to support natural gas-fired plants operating within the state when it is well understood that the price of natural gas drives electricity prices so high that many people find themselves unable to pay the bill. The state’s decarbonization plans barely touch upon the fact that natural gas plants are the dominant in-state carbon […]
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Craig MacMillan: When is the planet going to intervene?
Saw on the news recently an American corrispondent talking with a Ukranian corrispondent. When asked about the possibility of a meltdown at Europe’s largest nuclear facility, the Ukranian newsman said that the Russian soldiers “are like a bunch of monkeys playing with hand grenades.” While comical as a description, I can only assume that he […]
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Carole Richards: Ban assault rifles once and for all
Enough is enough. Let’s stand behind our president and help him ban assault-style rifles once and for all. The National Rifle Association has made millions by brainwashing their ignorant followers with the slogan: “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” Tell that to […]
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Rich Lowry: Why do Republicans want to be led by a victim?
The ultimate indignity would, of course, be if Republicans denied former President Trump the nomination, at which point he would transform from I’ll-fight-and-die-for-you victim to unadorned loser.
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Regimes have long used the World Cup to hide human rights abuses
So far, FIFA has chosen profits over action. The question now is whether soccer’s global governing body will continue to ignore the human rights violations in Qatar, as it did in the 1970s in Chile and Argentina, or if it will commit to establishing a fund to compensate migrant workers and ensure that LGBTQ+ people do not face discrimination or harassment.