Nearly two weeks after part of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside sheared off in the middle of the night, the search for answers is not moving nearly fast enough to keep pace with the all-too-human need to know.
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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Posted inLetters, Opinion
George Ferguson: Geriatrics, be aware medical bills
I think most of us think hospital administrators and doctors are three steps below God; clergy being second. Our generation, if possible, paid our bills on time. My concern with the waning profits of hospitals is clerical oversights becoming more prevalent. Case in point. Many years ago I paid hundreds of dollars going to the […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
John Wade: Man bears equal burden for children
I get annoyed when I read something that has so few facts that relate to the laws governing us. When one mixes religion with our constitutional laws, one gets fire and gas. They do not mix without blowing up. All the gods and bibles do not apply under our Constitution, nor does sin. Our Constitution […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Democrats blame Republicans for defunding police
The reason we have the law and police officers sworn to enforce it (and politicians who take oaths to uphold the law) is that there are people who won’t obey the law under any circumstances. The left has used incidents of police brutality and alleged racist behavior to advance an agenda that harms the very people who want and need police protection.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Democratic City Committee to meet
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Democratic City Committee will meet in person at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 22. The meeting will be held in a new location at 124 Canal St., the Gateway Community Services office. Parking is available in the adjacent parking lot. All Lewiston Democrats, as well as unenrolled residents, are encouraged to attend. […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Retirees, forget the 4% withdrawal rule
The only real rule is that blindly sticking with 4% is dangerous. Most experts agree it’s no longer safe to just assume the same historic returns for stocks and bonds, so 3% or 3.5% withdrawal rates might be better.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Let the market fix labor shortages
A shortage misdiagnosis can have serious repercussions, particularly if it leads to policies that offer up lower-cost substitutes for American workers and suppress wages.