The front page of Saturday’s Sun Journal juxtaposes two photos. The president of the Community Credit Union thoughtfully uses a drive-up lane to allow pedestrian customers to do their banking safely, keeping six feet of distance from each other. To sign the stimulus bill, President Trump poses with his senior officers and the Congressional Republican […]

On March 26, the Sun Journal featured a photo of a Lewiston High School student helping to prepare meals for delivery to those in need. In another article, the president of the state employees union says some workers, worried about COVID-19, want paid leave because they “don’t think we are essential.” That attitude only undermines […]

How did the party of Lincoln get to this? According to many news services last month, our liar and chief said what a great job China was doing on coronavirus containment. He then ignored warnings from medical advisers concerning the virus. Now, it is China’s fault? All the GOP are with Trump in this lie, […]

My goodness, did Mainers just get lectured in the Sun Journal (March 22) by David Durenberger? I am not sure who put Durenberger up to stepping into Maine’s politics from afar but whoever did must have a very short memory. I was just graduating in 1989 when Durenberger was being charged with multiple ethics violations […]

For Mainers, school budgets account for much, if not most, of their local tax bill. Businesses have mostly shut down and unemployment is climbing. Many people are already feeling the effects of the financial downturn. We are in for tough times. In light of the financial realities, school board members need to know that taxpayers […]

On Jan. 22, President Donald Trump said “we have it totally under control.” On Jan. 31, he said he had contained the outbreak by restricting travel from China. As late as the end of February, he called it a “hoax.” Recently, he was asked by a reporter for words of comfort for the nation. Instead, […]

Another water and sewer rate increase. Another increase in the mil rate. Another $1.2 million in new vehicles. What is wrong with Lewiston’s officials? They want a 15 percent increase in the rate for water and a 10 percent sewer increase. The municipal garage got $1.3 million last year, $1.4 million the year before, and […]

I wonder why we have been so good at building better mousetraps and so poor at building better people. Industry has created true marvels. However, it has also caused pollution, climate change and warfare. It’s clear to me that improving people has become an alarming necessity. The way we raise our children exposes them to […]

In a recent political television ad, Maine Speaker of the House Sara Gideon, a Democrat who is running against U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, said that for more than 30 years in Augusta, Republicans and Democrats sat on different sides of the aisle. She claimed that she put an end to that partisan seating arrangement. However, […]

Our highest priority shouldn’t be job creation, but disaster relief: giving families and small businesses that have lost their incomes enough money to afford necessities while the shutdown lasts, and providing generous aid to hospitals, clinics and other health care providers in this time of incredible stress. Republicans seem dead set on exploiting a crisis […]