We have a moment now to slow down, unplug and feel what’s going on. There is also a bet that we won’t do this — that we will give up our big opportunity. So I’d like to ask readers these questions: What’s most important to you? What do you love? What does your perfect community […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Don Mayberry: Where is Sen. Collins’ independent voice?
Does Sen. Susan Collins remember when she suggested Donald Trump had learned his lesson and she voted to acquit him? We all know how that turned out. Does she remember when she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court because he promised not to overturn Roe v Wade, but in fact he did? […]
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David Griswold: Concessions precede negotiations in Ukraine peace talks
It is ironic that the Trump administration attempted to set up discussions of potential peace in Ukraine at Munich. The Russians are not there. Given administration statements about keeping Ukraine from joining NATO and ceding Crimea, apparently concessions are in order before negotiations start. Does “47” remember British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who sold out […]
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Deanne Danforth: Trump is dismantling administrative state to usher in oligarchy
Adolf Hitler wrote in “Mein Kampf” that “The great masses of people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.” President Trump claiming no knowledge of Project 2025 when running for office was a whopper of a lie. Trump’s supporters believed the liar; claimed Trump’s second term would be […]
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Mary Beth Booth: Sen. Collins disappoints, never surprises
Sen. Susan Collins is always a disappointment, but never a surprise. Mary Beth Booth, Auburn
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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 […]