Most of us profess to love birds. Many of us also love cats. Many of us own cats. But you can’t love birds and love what cats do to them. Cats kill birds. Lots of them. As of 2019 there were about 7.2 billion birds in the U.S., compared to 10.1 billion 50 years ago. […]

I don’t understand why our representatives stay quiet and just let this administration refuse to use our energy. The oil prices are so high now that we are buying infrared heaters to try to offset oil prices. So what did I learn today? The energy suppliers are going to raise the rates by 49 percent.  That […]

Maine’s longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is a good idea. It represents tried and true public policy that has withstood the test of time, along with the scrutiny of many legislators, governors and differing partisan majorities. It works. Nonetheless a handful of people who think otherwise are now using a newly enacted constitutional amendment to […]

I strongly encourage Maine’s Congressional delegation — I specifically mean Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins — to support federal legislation to make sure that Wabanaki tribes in Maine can benefit from future federal laws that apply to 570 other federally recognized tribes across the country. I applaud our U.S. representatives, Jared Golden and Chellie […]

If fake news is patently false, and misinformation is based upon mistaken facts, and disinformation is a deliberate lie to achieve a certain end, I do not know how to categorize the front page story from the Associated Press (“How cooking food for feasts made us human,” Nov. 22). This story held up 780,000 year […]

Lewiston-Auburn has some 5,000 to 6,000 veterans. Some are homeless, experiencing food insecurity, and are in need of medical and personal care. The nearest VA home is in South Paris, and Lewiston-Auburn — the second largest metropolitan area in the state — doesn’t have one. That makes no sense to me. Mayors Carl Sheline and […]

The election is over. There was no red wave. Voters chose to keep our functioning democracy by defeating election deniers from gaining control over state elections. There was no voting fraud. It took a court order for an election board controlled by Republicans in Arizona to certify its election results. Democrats have maintained control of […]

I read the opinion page daily. Often I do not agree with some, in particular Froma Harrop, but try to keep an open mind. I was pleased to read her Nov 26 “Please drop the first-elected whatever,” and agree 100%. This is the first time I have seen this obsession addressed. I only hope the […]

Like many Sun Journal readers, I read about the murder in Poland over Thanksgiving and felt disappointed that a man like Justin Butterfield could slip through the holes in our social safety net for so long. But I also felt a great sense of loss because I knew Gabe D’Amour — not well, but enough […]

In last month’s election, Gov. Janet Mills garnered over 50,000 more votes than she did in 2018 and secured a second term in office. While there are various factors that contributed to this impressive result for the governor, her administration’s continued attentiveness toward issues impacting our state’s rural communities undoubtedly played a significant role. Gov. […]