The name of a fort indicates a place of honor where soldiers trained, and many later died in battle. Fort Bragg, North Carolina, holds special meaning to the survivors of the 82nd Airborne Division. It is hallowed ground. To change its name dishonors them, because a new name is meaningless. I did my basic training […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Mark Wood: Irony of police helping pot owners
Many years ago (1977, I think), I remember reading in this newspaper about a joint task force of drug enforcement agencies that arrested a dozen or more people and confiscated several pounds of marijuana, thousands in cash and other illegal drugs in Lewiston. How pleased everyone was. But, just the other day (Jan. 2), this […]
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Tom Hart: Trump has been true to his word
It’s very hard to believe the way this country is going, or is going to be. Democrats should wait and see, with Biden as their next president. He is nothing but crooked. What is the matter with his supporters? President Trump said what he was going to do, and he did it. But these crooked […]
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Ray Mitchell: Overthrowing election undermines Constitution
It is safe to say that most citizens have not read the Constitution recently. Therefore most do not fully understand what is being planned by some of our legislators. Every member of Congress takes an oath to obey and enforce the Constitution. President-elect Biden’s victory has been endorsed by every governor. Fifty lawsuits declaring fraud […]
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Jon St. Laurent: Time for Trump to ‘hit the bricks’
The defeated sitting president and his moribund rag-tag legal team — having not found “standing” in better than 60 lawsuits of elections supervisors and secretaries of state, along with other states and attorneys general bringing legal challenges against other states closely won by Biden to SCOTUS, as well as recounts, audits, and bogus claims of […]
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In rebuttal: Michael LeBlanc: Death tapping, not pounding, at door
In a recent letter, author Michael Boom advises us to hunker down because death is at the door. The Maine CDC published numbers on Dec. 29 showing that the state’s infection fatality rate (IFR) is 1.7%. That is, our survivability rate is 98.3%. Death is indeed at the door, but it’s not pounding — just […]
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Timothy Carter: Support for river classification upgrade
Two articles in Dec. 30’s Sun Journal prompted me to write about them. Sen. Ned Claxton has introduced a bill to raise the Androscoggin River from class C to class B. I hope it qualifies; behind my house it does. This is much nicer than it was as an open sewer. For those who enjoy […]
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Noel Madore: Veterans park additions glorify war
Lewiston’s Veterans Memorial Park has taken a turn against purpose and community. This park was a gem that brought everyone to admire the Great Falls. A place where people could meet and have events, celebrating our community. A place where kids and adults could play. But in the past 10 years it has turned into […]
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Paul Baribault: Thoughts on ‘new Republican Party’
I noticed a bumper sticker some time ago that read: “Ex Republican – Ask Me Why.” But I felt I knew. And that person has been joined by many others these past three years, including conservative thinkers like George Will. That isn’t fake news. Yet what also isn’t fake news is the midnight assistance crisis […]
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In rebuttal: Terry Hansen: Lowry’s climate crisis views contradict experts
Columnist Rich Lowry’s dismissal of the climate crisis, which recently ran in the Sun Journal, directly contradicts the positions of our armed services, the U.S. insurance industry and financial sector. Consider the following statements: The Department of Defense: “As greenhouse gas emissions increase, sea levels are rising, average global temperatures are increasing, and severe weather […]