The delayed rollout of new Level 3 chargers in Maine is unfair, if not downright corrupt.
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Letter: Downsize government, but allow important work to continue
When I was in college, I had a summer internship at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., where I saw firsthand how inefficient, unwieldy and bloated federal bureaucracies can be. Many of my co-workers didn’t seem to have enough to do; marginally competent employees were passed from office to office and resources were […]
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Letter: America is being lost to an oligarchy
The entire controversy exemplified in the Rep. Laurel Libby issue is a symptom of the chaos and diversion tactics of Trumpism that are displacing the real issues America should be focusing on. As David Brooks wrote in a Feb. 13 New York Times opinion piece, “Here’s the essence of Trumpism: It’s to be blithely unconcerned […]
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Letter: With Maine punishments, Trump shows his petulance
President Donald Trump backtracked on an order to require new Maine parents to visit Social Security Administration offices to register their children, rather than use a check-off measure on hospital forms available in all other states. Now, the bloviating president has axed $15 million in federal funding for energy efficiency and clean energy programs in […]
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Letter: Music education is not a luxury
Music is more than an art form — it’s a force for connection, self-discovery and transformation. It deepens empathy, fosters understanding and builds bridges where there might otherwise be division. That’s why we must voice our support for public school educators, particularly in light of the recent layoffs in South Portland, including music teachers. These […]
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Letter: The water’s getting awfully warm in America
As the frog noted, “This water is getting warm!” Some locations are drying up, others are flooding, others are on fire or besieged by storms on steroids. It is unacceptable that the GOP’s hyperpartisan stampede to erase the language and (it hopes) the memory of wokeness in our country has allowed climate science and whole […]
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Letter: Arrest sends a chilling message on freedom of speech
The arrest of Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil raises serious questions about the future of our democracy.
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Letter: State holidays should include all
Should Eid become a state holiday? Sure, why not? Maybe along with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? I was saddened, horrified and aghast when I read the bigoted responses that two Maine lawmakers made when the proposal from Rep. Mana Abdi, D-Lewiston, was made to make the two Muslim Eid holidays state holidays. The U.S. […]
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Letter: Congressional Republicans need to stand up to Trump
Many thought that the warnings about a second Donald Trump administration were unwarranted. Many Trump voters surely thought so. Now, as the administration is siding with Russia in the Ukraine war, alienating our longtime European and Canadian allies, gutting innumerable federal agencies with a meat ax, threatening to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, all […]