I support Bettyann Sheats for the Maine Senate in District 20 — Auburn, Poland, Durham and New Gloucester. Bettyann is a graduate of West Point and served in the Army as a helicopter pilot. She has legislative experience as a former state representative. In the Legislature Bettyann worked to strengthen support systems for veterans and […]

This is in response to a letter from Terence McManus published May 12 regarding the recent Supreme Court leak. Kudos to him for writing it. “Cui bono” indeed. It doesn’t take a lot of thought to realize that Republicans won’t benefit from the leak. What better way to divert attention from gas prices, inflation and […]

Mark LaFlamme almost nailed it with his May 4 piece on President Biden’s egregious abuse of governmental power by creating a Disinformation Governance Board, infringing upon the First Amendment right to free speech. LaFlamme went astray in his assertion that this is not a partisan issue; although at some other hypothetical time conservatives could conceivably […]

Since the unprecedented leak last week of an upcoming Supreme Court decision that could overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion, the following has happened. In Madison, Wisconsin, the building housing Wisconsin Family Action — a pro-life organization — was burned. In Denton, Texas, the Loreto House building, another pro-life […]

On the single issue of slavery, Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” It took a civil war and a magnanimous president to reunite the nation. Due to the increasing polarization and the inability to compromise strongly held views on a wide range of contentious issues — abortion, guns, immigration, voting rights, […]

So it has finally happened. According to a leaked draft of the Supreme Court, conservative judges appointed to the bench by radical Republicans, appear poised to strike down Roe. While the Republican Party under Ronald Reagan was a party about individual responsibility, the modern Republican Party has shown its desire to deny us the ability […]

The old white men who make the laws for this country need to go back to school and take a course in anatomy and physiology, because women cannot conceive alone and sperm does not float in the air. I have never heard such ignorant statements concerning abortion — for instance, if a woman is raped […]

I write in support of Rep. Kristen Cloutier in her candidacy for the Maine House of Representatives, District 94. Although I’ve known Kristen for some time, this is my first chance to vote for her due to redistricting. Kristen is a strong advocate for Lewiston. Her thoughtful approach to policy decisions and her dedication to […]

The May 8 Sun Journal article about a proposed draft resolution (“Two Lewiston councilors’ draft resolution on diversity programs causes backlash, concern“) is a stark example of ongoing white male privilege. The secrecy, efforts to eliminate learning about and exploring different points of view and experiences, are classic landmarks of patriarchy, racism and homophobia. I […]

An old song got it right when it penned, “I believe the children are our future.” Rep. Laurel Libby knows that children are our future, and that education can never be “one size fits all.” One size fits all doesn’t work well in a t-shirt, and it certainly doesn’t work in education. Public schools work […]