On reading Randy Billings’ April 3 article (“Platner re-ups criticism of Collins for Iraq vote,”) an illustrated poem from childhood — “The Land of Counterplane” by Robert Louis Stevenson — came to mind; it spoke of a sick boy, in bed, marching little toy soldiers across his bed sheets to amuse himself. Youngsters of many […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Jared Golden has let the people of Maine down | Letter
His deciding vote on the Iran war resolution amounts to more of the cowardly same.
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Maine’s moratorium on data centers is a good move | Letter
This is just another way to colonize Maine.
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Federal money for nothing but war | Letter
According to the Congressional Budget Office, this war Trump started is costing us $1 billion a day. Where is all of this money coming from? We are told that Social Security will run out of funds in 2032. Every day, Americans die because they can’t afford insurance, 48 million American families live in poverty, 1 […]
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I want Troy Jackson to be Maine’s next governor | Letter
Maine Democrats are fortunate, this year, to have several well-qualified, progressive candidates to choose from in the upcoming primary — a few of whom, if elected, would likely make a very good governor. But among them my clear preference is Troy Jackson, for the following reasons. Perhaps uniquely among the Democrats, Jackson can win in a statewide general election. […]
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Polluters must be held accountable for climate damage | Letter
I was pleased to see that the Maine Legislature passed a bill to study how much the damage from greenhouse gas emissions has cost the state. We can’t stop there, though. We need to make sure big polluters don’t get a pass for the damage they’ve done to our climate. Despite what fossil fuel executives […]
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How to ruin your political reputation in three simple steps | Letter
What would be an efficient way for a U.S. senator to gradually ruin their reputation, to destroy political capital that they’d carefully built up over years of being indecisive but acting thoughtful? I guess three things come to mind fairly quickly. David CritchfieldSouth Portland
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Transgender athlete ballot measure being bungled by Bellows | Letter
As expected, Shenna Bellows does not, in any way, describe the wishes of Maine voters with her proposed referendum question for the upcoming election. The majority of voters of Maine wanted it perfectly clear that men (assigned male at birth) have no place in women’s sports, women’s bathrooms or women’s detention facilities. Bellows is not […]
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Is this what Christian leadership looks like? | Letter
These leaders don’t know the outcomes beneath their words or commands.
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Pull back the curtain on Graham Platner | Letter
As a card-carrying Democrat for 62 years, I would have preferred an experienced alternative to Gov. Janet Mills to run against Sen. Susan Collins. I cannot support Graham Platner. Platner’s bid for U.S. Senate is the product of a slick, well-financed marketing campaign that reminds me of a state fair midway barker practicing a time-honored […]