Could you please ask your readers to help locate some missing people? We seem to be missing the “Don’t Tread On Me” and Tea Party people — right when we need them most. I’ve looked and looked but find no sign of them during this time of violent governmental overreach. I figured there would be yellow […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
In disbelief at support for President Trump | Letter
I used to send a letter every chance I got. I will try now. I am 77 years old. I cringe every time I see President Trump. How can anybody support such a monster? I am totally disgusted with all that he has done to the whole world. Richard Aspinall Sr.Scarborough
Maine’s schools must not become sites of fear | Letter
Reports of ICE activity during school drop-off and pick-up times have been deeply troubling.
Rep. Golden has tarnished his record | Letter
It’s just as well that Rep. Jared Golden is not seeking reelection. Recently, he and a handful of Democrats voted to fund an additional $10 billion for ICE and $18 billion for CBP, without meaningful restraints on President Trump’s violent crackdown on immigrants in Minnesota and other blue states across the country — most recently […]
Congress must stop Trump’s Greenland pursuit | Letter
A recent op-ed in the Sun Journal outlined that President Trump has stated, “We need to own Greenland” because it’s not being defended by the Danish government and could fall into the hands of the Russians or Chinese. The U.S. had 17 bases in Greenland during the Cold War; I know because I spent time at […]
Defend immigrants and their contributions | Letter
I have been a family physician in Maine for more than 40 years. Several days ago, I successfully treated a patient, who was in cardiac arrest, using an automatic external defibrillator (AED). It made me think of the origins of this important medical device and its inventor, Dr. Bernard Lown. Dr. Lown was a Jewish […]
Concerned about local collaboration with ICE in Maine | Letter
Some recent apprehensions aren’t adding up for me.
Trump has run the presidency like a business | Letter
Douglas Rooks is correct, in his Jan. 22 column, that business people have, in the past, made for unsuccessful presidents. I will point out that he glosses over the spectacular failure of the Carter administration, especially in view of the fact that Carter’s Democrats controlled both houses of Congress during his time in office. But […]
DOT worker deaths should lead to better roadway safety | Letter
My sympathies to the families and colleagues of the Department of Transportation (DOT) workers who were killed in the I-95 ramp accident in Waterville. Road crews should use speed bumps to slow down traffic entering Route 148 in Madison, along with creating better sight lines for traffic coming onto Route 148, by trimming trees, adding […]
Coverage of Lewiston anti-ICE protest was ‘excellent’ | Letter
Thank you for your excellent and timely reporting on the “ICE Out” protest in Lewiston on Jan. 24. Your journalists really covered the event — inside and outside, in text, photo and video — accurately and comprehensively. I traveled to Lewiston from Bar Harbor, with neighbors. I have participated in protests for decades. It is […]