Sen. Susan Collins is always a disappointment, but never a surprise. Mary Beth Booth, Auburn
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Doreen Valecko: Unhumbled Trump
After Donald Trump came within an inch of being assassinated, he told us repeatedly that he felt God saved him. One would think that the experience would have humbled him. He claims that he’s a Christian, but true Christians aren’t filled with hatred, retribution and bigotry. They don’t ridicule disabled people and other minorities. They […]
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Errol Libby: Trump TV continues to entertain
I am really enjoying the new reality TV program where Donald Trump is cast as president of the United States. Here are a few of my favorite episodes. In one episode Trump and his crack White House team crippled essential programs that millions of Americans depend on by defunding them with no notice. Hilariously, they […]
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Richard Whiting: Congress needs to stand up to Trump
John Adams desired a “government of laws and not of men.” Now we have a government of men and not of laws. We have the “Department” of government efficiency, a team of sketchy tech bros led by a Nazi apologizer, bookended by Trump’s firing of the other DOGE, director of government ethics. What is in […]
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Edward Walworth: Cutbacks on USAID will hurt exports, reputation
I am old enough to remember the stir caused by the novel (and later the movie) “The Ugly American,” published in 1958. It had to do with the American presence in the fictitious Southeast Asia country of Sarkhan, which was enmeshed in cold war rivalry. While one of the physically ugly characters was actually sort […]
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Carole Richards: Trump’s ego trip needs deflating
Our newly elected president is on a massive ego trip. He needs to be smarter, richer and more powerful than anyone else. He wants to rule the world. The will of the people has disappeared, and President Trump’s ego has come front and center; it is so big our elected officials are cowering in the […]
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Victoria Cohen: Musk’s plan to gut education department hurts Maine’s kids
Elon Musk’s plan to gut the U.S. Department of Education has far-reaching ramifications for public schools in Maine. Our schools receive funding for reading and math specialists who work with students who need extra support. If that funding is cut, so is that help for those students. Our schools receive funding for meals for students. […]
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Kirk Read: ‘We should all be horrified and active in disputing this regime’
I recently read Austin Bay’s opinion piece on President Trump’s plan for Palestine (“New Gaza as condos, not shell holes,” Feb. 7), at first with anger that he would write so satirically about an enduring and painful struggle, and then with horror when I realized he was seriously endorsing the plan. To collude with a […]
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Bob Healy: ‘I am really frightened by what is happening to my country’
I am really frightened by what is happening to my country. There has been for some time a lot of talk of how Democrats and liberals “hate America.” But as I see unelected rich boys and their thugs disrupting our institutions while disregarding the law, I wonder who is it that hates America? Bob Healy, […]
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John Neal: Maine schools need to improve arts education
I found ironic the juxtaposition of the Feb. 9 article about Edward Little’s outstanding arts educator Matthew Peinado, and that about parental and fan violence at local school sporting events. Since the 1980s, when “No Child Left Behind” began mandating standardized testing in math, science and language arts, schools have been reducing and eliminating arts […]