I just finished reading my first daily Sun Journal online. We are so pleased that we made the change from delivery because it still reads like the paper version. Familiarity is important when making changes. It reads well and I don’t have to relearn something for once. We opted for the Sunday delivery which I […]

I write in response to the Sun Journal front page story (March 1) “Vaccine question pits science vs. choice.” The story may not be “fake news” but is possibly something worse —sloppy journalism, which misstates a point of view and then refutes it. For example, I did not say “that nobody dies” from measles. I […]

I have been deeply involved in my community for the majority of my adult life. Before retiring, I served in the Maine Legislature for more than 18 years. Through that experience, I gained firsthand knowledge of the issues facing my community and, on more than one occasion, residents expressed concern about their health care. Personally, […]

On Feb. 22, the Sun Journal reported that Susan Collins spoke of the “values we hold dear” at a Republican meeting and enthusiastically welcomed former Maine Gov. Paul LePage. What are the values that Republicans hold dear in the age of Trump and LePage? Divisiveness over unity. Trump and LePage have fed the public with […]

I must take issue with Mark Wood who wrote (Feb. 28) regarding gender identity. Far too may people are making pronouncements based on an extremely limited knowledge of this area of human biology. The human body is a very complex organism in and of itself. So, if you combine the genetic data from two of […]

Rep. Heidi Sampson’s guest column (Feb. 23) is rife with insults, misrepresentations and propaganda. Most disturbing is her theme of encouraging distrust in physicians, the CDC and the entire medical community. Trust is the foundation of the physician-patient relationship, and her litany of conspiracy theories threatens that partnership. I feel compelled to respond and rebut […]

A new study by Yale epidemiologists in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal “The Lancet” found that Medicare for All, supported by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, “is likely to lead to a 13% savings in national health care expenditure, equivalent to more than $450 billion annually.” (Quote is from the study, “Improving the prognosis of health […]

Coronavirus — is this nation headed toward a health emergency? President Trump has assured us that the virus is “very much under control,” and that the stock market is “starting to look very good to me!” Funds for the Centers for Disease Control have been cut by the Trump administration; the stock market, worldwide, looks […]

Republican policies are a grave danger to every man, woman and child. Conservatives have no room for empathy. For them to cut health care, cut services like ObamaCare, Medicare and Medicaid, not to mention Social Security, isn’t seen as a problem to them. President Trump boasts of his reversing regulatory restraints, like that is a […]

My beloved country is in a rather tense state these days. The man occupying the White House has a lot to do with it. With his offering such frequent evidence, it is easy to conclude he is a cruel human being, using vile language directed at numerous individuals. The damaging effects of the nasty outbursts […]