I write in response to the Jan. 27 Sun Journal article, “Oxford County struggling with high number of public record requests.” Transparency in government is a long-honored principal. Generally, people find such secrecy repugnant. There is a basic rule of the public’s right to petition for redress of grievances to public officials, i.e., for them […]

Most Americans are the descendants of immigrants. Many families proudly describe the ancestors who came here with nothing, working menial jobs so their children could have better lives. In Maine in recent years, immigrants (often highly educated) have been doing the foundational work of caring, cleaning, picking and packing that keeps our society functioning. We […]

It’s difficult to sort through the fire hose of executive orders that have spouted from the new administration. The one that emerged as one of the most damaging in those first two days was the release of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 criminal defendants, many of whom had assaulted police officers and even caused several […]

Health care is about to topple in our cities. Management of Central Maine Healthcare’s hospitals will be taken over by a California company, Prime Healthcare Foundation, a nonprofit owned by a for-profit company. St. Mary’s has given up obstetric services and is closing its intensive care unit because of deficits. It is clear: Lewiston and […]

People should put aside any feelings about Donald J. Trump’s morals; no one on the right cares. I would like to focus on facts concerning his acclaimed — or shameful, in my book — business acumen. He seems to see tariffs as some sort of miracle cure for everything from the cost of child care […]

Donald Trump may have started about 10 years ago to find dedicated followers. He became a master at brainwashing by his repetition of lies and untruths. He continually praised his Republican Party for believing in him and choosing him as their leader. He covered his guilt of wrongdoings by repeatedly claiming the courts and the […]

I’m sad for our country these days. We have a president who I believe has no morals, no sense of caring for people’s well-being. He is taking away all our rights as Americans. He causes hate and division among people. I think there’s no love in this man’s heart. I pray for a new day […]

It bears questioning, in light of the support the new president received in our recent election, by Evangelical Christians especially, if any experienced discomfort when they learned that Donald Trump wouldn’t place his hand on the Bible at his inauguration. His vice president, JD Vance, did, as is expected of elected officials to the highest […]

As I’ve stated before in this forum, I’ve never believed President Donald Trump is a true Christian. But if he were, I should think his hardest cross to bear would be knowing there’s no possibility of ever being adopted as the fourth person of the Godhead. But at least the man enjoys the delusional belief […]

My thanks to retired teacher Michael Bernier for giving Lewiston residents an uncensored look at our current school system. A system that is failing our children and financially affecting many of our struggling residents (“Retired Lewiston teacher’s viral video sparks conversations about struggles,” Jan. 18). How can the Lewiston public expect its children to get […]