People will always fight for their highest level of morality. And so we should. However, morality originates from different places in different people. Others and their well-being can be my utmost priority. Or, myself and my own well-being will be my first priority. It cannot be both. It will never be both. And this is […]

I would like to offer a different perspective on Mary Beth Taylor’s recent letter about the Regional School Unit 16 budget (“Reasons to oppose RSU 16 budget,” March 30). While it’s true that she expressed opposition to the budget due to concerns about a potential bond payment and unbalanced elementary student-to-teacher ratios, I know there […]

I recently got a letter from Money Metals Exchange asking me to call members of the Maine Joint Taxation Committee and to ask them to support Auburn state Sen. Eric Brakey’s bill, LD 1051. He proposes in this bill to ban Maine sales tax on the sale of gold and silver bullion and coins. I […]

I am a college student, studying to be a vet tech. To me, the correct and ethical treatment of animals is of the utmost importance. I feel the same courtesy and protections should be extended to our own species. Fetuses are human beings in a stage of development. They are no less valuable than a […]

I’m rebutting Edmund’s Lewis’ letter (“CMP is not the enemy,” March 21), a rebuttal of mine (“Our Power initiative deserves Mainers’ support,” March 11). Central Maine Power is, J.D. Power’s 2021 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Survey reports, dead last among all utilities in the nation at customer satisfaction — 121st, with Versant close behind […]

Like many of my former colleagues at Bates College, I was disappointed by the results of the recent union election. I was also disappointed with the reporting on those results in the Sun Journal, which surmised that the outcome showed that staff were “generally satisfied with the way Bates treats them.” A more accurate assessment […]

The future of Social Security depends on society as a whole entity, doing the right thing in order to ensure balance and a possibility of having a future as a legacy for our children. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. You can buy your kids books and send […]

Today, I watched coverage of the Vietnam veterans and the thanks they received for their sacrifice. After serving in Vietnam, in the Navy, I and many others developed multiple diseases on the presumptive list for Agent Orange. All veterans that served in Vietnam received notice of presumptive exposure for diseases from Agent Orange. Congress and […]

There is a form of child abuse that goes unrecognized in our society today — it’s too subtle to be called that, but it’s there. It’s the abuse of children coming from all who claim the right to possess any and all weapons they wish to have, even if these can become the instruments of […]

As a resident of Maine I am writing concerning a proposed bill to expand abortion to full-term in the state. The overturning of Roe vs. Wade by the Supreme Court shifted the protection of Maine’s most vulnerable residents, the unborn, to state lawmakers across the nation. The current Maine law is quite broad already and […]