President Trump is terribly misinformed regarding tariffs. The reason American industries, factories and other enterprises have moved to foreign countries is due to the fact that labor costs are cheaper in those areas, resulting in lower costs on those products sold here at home. Warren Buffet, a financial wizard, described the implementation of tariffs as […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
Letter: A renaming is in order at Bowdoin College
The Smith Union, which was at the heart of the recent protests, should bear the name of a university student who was killed in Gaza.
Letter: Why we’re no longer proud to be Americans
All our lives, until January of this year, we have been very proud to be Americans. That has all changed in the last month. How can anyone be proud of a country that: • threatens our former closest friends and allies with tariffs and lack of backing and mocks their leaders. • tries to rewrite and […]
Letter: When will Trump and Musk begin helping Americans?
Here are my questions for “Co-Presidents” Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Why are you eliminating the funds for reading teachers when students who struggle to read are on the rise? Why are you eliminating the funds for medical research when diabetes, cancer and heart disease are on the rise? Why are you causing economic havoc […]
Letter: Wording removal doesn’t change the climate problem
‘Drill, baby, drill’ is comparable to Nero fiddling while Rome burned.
Daniel Mawhinney: Sen. Collins needs to relay Mainers’ concerns to Trump-Musk
Sen. Susan Collins now holds one of the most powerful positions in Congress. The President Trump-Elon Musk team has described Social Security as a scam. Trump and Musk want to provide outrageous income tax protections to themselves and their billionaire class — at tremendous costs to working Americans — as they destroy the U.S. government. […]
Letter: Sen. Collins needs to relay Mainers’ concerns to Trump, Musk
Sen. Susan Collins now holds one of the most powerful positions in Congress. The President Trump-Elon Musk team has described Social Security as a scam. Trump and Musk want to provide outrageous income tax protections to themselves and their billionaire class at tremendous costs to working Americans as they destroy the U.S. government. They are […]
Letter: A solution to ending trans athletes’ unfair advantage
I find it ironic that Rep. Laurel Libby has come under so much pressure for showing the photo of the girls’ state champion in pole vaulting on her Facebook page. Any athlete contending for a state title, in any sport, can expect to see their picture on the pages of any Maine news outlet. It […]
Joanna Rainer: Bidding farewell to L.L.Bean products
We have been L.L.Bean customers for many years, ordering from its much anticipated catalog. A highlight of a cross-country camping trip last year was shopping at an L.L.Bean outlet store in Maine. Products we have purchased include flannel sheets, towels, waterhog mats (the best), Boat and Tote bags, toiletry kits, L.L.Bean boots (the best, I […]
Tom Heels: Mourning the loss of a heeling experience
I’m writing about the March 9 Maine Sunday Telegram report on the loss of local cobblers. We used to count on these shops for repairing our shoes. As a Heels, I’m particularly disappointed about the decline of these shoe shops. I used to go into a shop to have the heels on my shoes replaced […]