Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s priorities are disgustingly out of line, as represented by his recent actions pertaining to the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Poliquin co-sponsored a $7 billion cut to CHIP, a program that supports 23,000 children in Maine and 9 million children nationwide. To make matters worse, the cuts come as a part of […]
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Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Support for Alex Willette
My wife and I support Alex Willette for district attorney of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties in the June 12 Republican primary election. Willette is a fine young man of good character who currently works as an assistant DA in Bath. He also serves in the Army Reserve in the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. […]
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Hamas' plan leads to misery
In his letter of May 17, Benjamin Keener suggests that the Palestinian protests in Gaza may have been in response to the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Israel’s capital. More likely is the fact that Hamas is using Israel’s right to self defense as a method of trying to turn the aggressor into […]
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Sen. King playing party politics
President Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel to be the first female Director of the CIA is not only necessary but historic. Haspel served as deputy director of the CIA, and in Sen. Angus King’s own words is “a qualified, experienced CIA veteran, who has the respect of CIA’s staff” (May 9, 2018). Despite Haspel’s qualifications […]
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How democracies die
A new book, “How Democracies Die,” is an interesting analysis of what is happening in this country. The authors say norms are important to a society. Two of the most important are mutual toleration and institutional forbearance. The authors write there are “Four measures on our litmus test for autocrats 1. Weak commitment to the […]
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Poliquin should step down
I work three jobs, six days a week (sometimes seven) and the ACA paved a road for me to access health insurance. I went a couple years without any heath care, as I was in the coverage gap. I work a dangerous job, lots of heavy lifting and work with chemicals, so I am grateful […]
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Questions to ask candidates
These are among the questions Maine political candidates should be asked: Recreational marijuana — would you vote for it? If you were recently in the Legislature, how did you vote on the governor’s veto of the marijuana bill? Do you favor medical marijuana? Do you favor a one-payer (government-run) system of health insurance? Are you […]
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Willette patient, competent
As a nearly 30-year professional and instructor in the field of criminal justice, I would like to endorse Alex Willette for district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. He is a well-prepared professional with the energy, desire and moral conviction to pursue justice in the best interests of the community. Criminal justice can be […]
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Still remember Ethan
This is in response to a Sun Journal front page feature story, “‘Ghost bike’ to honor teen 20 years after hit-and-run death” (May 13). When Ethan was killed by a drunk driver in May 1998, I was a freshman at Edward Little High School and good friends with his older sister, Anna. In the article, […]
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An end to student debt?
I write in response to a Sun Journal story (May 12) about Bates students protesting about student debt. Their call for an end to student debt is hard to understand or accept. I was disappointed in both the shallowness of their thoughts and the limits of the article. A college education is a commodity to […]