The Senate hearings have begun, and vaccine rates in America are falling significantly. Why are these facts co-joined? Because Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine denier and conspiracy theorist, has been nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. While he has a few good ideas about nutrition and drug advertising, […]

So, Gov. Janet Mills has dusted off the playbook of former Gov. John Baldacci. Another Democrat governor can’t create a reasonable budget, and so pushes through an unreasonable one — heaped on the backs of smokers. No one can claim that using tobacco products is wise, but it is a legal product. A 50% increase […]

Yet again, a Democratic administration is ending with the economy doing well. Republican administrations haven’t done that in over 30 years. George H.W. Bush left a mess for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush left a mess for Barack Obama, and Donald Trump left a mess for Joe Biden. Each time, the Democratic president responded with […]

The constant reports of violence in Lewiston are getting tiresome. If it’s being caused by teens, it’s time to look at the work rules for them. When my son was a teen, all they needed was a work permit from the school indicating he was a good student. He worked the hours his employer needed, […]

Well, here we are on the other side of the 2024 election, and as the air clears we are able to see the ruin and destruction of a hard-fought battle for our democracy. A few of the original Republican Party are standing, trying to save themselves and their beliefs. Those off in the distance have […]

While I was saddened to read in the Sun Journal last week that Bon Vivant had closed its doors, I know that it was not a failure. I was one of the founders of Sonder & Dram, the bar at the end of Ash Street in Lewiston. It was risky to open Sonder & Dram, […]

The California wildfires remind me that large fires are possible in Maine. In the ’70s and ’80s a spruce-budworm outbreak killed millions of trees. Salvage efforts caused a clear-cutting controversy, but removed fuel from the North Woods. The only significant fire occurred in Baxter State Park, where “forever wild” management increased fire risk. Spruce budworm […]

The saying use to be “The way Maine goes, so goes the nation.” That’s no longer true, or Kamala Harris would be the elected president instead of Donald Trump. How long will we remain a federated national democratic republic while being lead by a self-proclaimed dictator the Supreme Court has placed above the law? Trump […]

I write in support of Mark Wood’s letter published Dec. 19 calling out the Sun Journal for the incredibly offensive political cartoon that it chose to print comparing President Trump to Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin, among others. By choosing to put him in with the worst of the worst Time People of […]

I’m writing to expose the flaws within the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave law as well as the untruths being spread by the Legislature to sway public opinion in favor of it. Despite what people have been told, this tax will in most cases be borne entirely by the employee. Sen. Mattie Daughtry and […]