I think this will be interesting. In our paper in Florida, they quote WalletHub. The WalletHub analysis includes financial safety and natural disaster risk. According to them, the top 10 safest cities in the United States are: Warwick, Rhode Island; Overland Park, Kansas; Burlington, Vermont; Juneau, Alaska; Yonkers, New York; Casper, Wyoming; South Burlington, Vermont; […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
Maine’s pedestrian collision data comes up short | Letter
Can these cases really be said to be no-cause?
Why I’m supporting Hannah Pingree for governor | Letter
Maine faces a consequential choice about the kind of future we want. The next governor will shape our prosperity, safety and democratic values at a moment when they feel under strain. That is why I’m proud to support Hannah Pingree for governor. Hannah is a proven leader with deep Maine roots and a clear understanding […]
No loss like the loss of a dog | Letter
I just read Mike Lowe’s op-ed, “In loving tribute to the best boy, Mookie,” in the Jan. 4 edition of your paper and I cried like a baby. Everyone who’s had to have their beloved dog put to sleep knows how painful it is. It’s excruciating. I’ve had to do it twice and I still […]
Greenland is unlikely to be bought | Letter
Greenland? Bit of a problem under the imperial radar. Do we really think Greenland (or Canada) will willingly give up comprehensive universal health insurance and throw in their lot with America? Of course not. Now what? Greg BrownLewiston
Hyde School reporting may misunderstand the school | Letter
As I learned as a boy in England, the education at schools like these tends to be robust.
No medical school for Maine? No kidding. | Letter
This is neither the time nor the place.
Puzzled by contours of Hannaford campaign | Letter
The Maine Sunday Telegram recently ran a full-page ad paid for by “The Center for Responsible Food Business,” concerning a supermarket, whose name was blacked out. It contained purported comments from customers and employees that were submitted to the “New England Consumer Alliance,” which had been running a campaign about Hannaford. So, being curious, I […]
Dense fuels rule, something Trump understands | Letter
This letter is in response to Tux Turkel’s Dec. 26 op-ed, “Maine’s energy policy looks to be going up in smoke.” The fake global warming narrative, which has been based on subsidy money (our money) feeding the pockets of power shysters and corrupt politicians from a past era should be allowed to dissolve into the […]
Redefining ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ | Letter
I’ve often heard it said that people who deplore President Trump — as regards both his personal and political life, and persist in calling him out on it — are afflicted with something called “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” But as I see it, his supporters are the ones stricken with it. How else to account for the […]