With all the energy that goes into an election, I understand that a plethora of signs can be posted in parks, meridians, street corners and lawns. Sadly, those who put out the “Yes on 1” signs apparently don’t have the energy of a nearly 70-year-old man with a cane who braved the sheets of ice […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Give thanks to the Border Patrol
I was stunned to see Anthony Esposito’s reaction (Jan. 30) to a Washington Post article ( in the Sun Journal Jan. 26) about inspection stops made by the U.S. Border Patrol. Equating those inspections to the “atrocities of the Nazi regime” is bizarre in the extreme. I have gone through Border Patrol checkpoints dozens of […]
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Climate change or climate cycles?
I write in response to commentary titled “Yes, Earth is Warming,” by Jason Samenow of the Washington Post, printed Jan. 30 in the Sun Journal. I grew up in Maine during the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, when people were panicked about “global cooling.” For the balance of the century, the public was then being warned […]
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Democrats being obstructionist
Sanctuary cities defy federal laws. These cities have noted their new illegal immigrant populations and sympathetically protected their criminal elements from deportation. They do not cooperate with immigration officers, defying federal law. The federal funding of those cities should be discontinued and their administrators prosecuted. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama did little about […]
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All in how you look at it
I agree with Anthony Esposito (letter, Sun Journal Jan. 30) that the two articles he mentioned “were obviously connected.” I would posit, however, that they were connected for a different reason. The concurrent publication was an obvious attempt, a successful attempt, by the Sun Journal to elicit such predictable reactions as from Esposito. There, the […]
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Thanks to Gov. LePage
It was heartening to learn that Gov. Paul LePage responded to the many residents, both full and part-time, in western Maine who are opposed to erecting wind towers on our beautiful mountains. Slowing down the process of this development is fair, and the action of the governor makes us feel that we may get some […]
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Augusta late to the party
As I watch grow house after grow house, both large and small, spring up in every vacant commercial property in this area (and likely the state), it stands out to me that Maine lawmakers are too antiquated in mind, spirit and representation to acknowledge an opportunity. I watch as large construction companies, large businesses and […]
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A great time on the ice
I am a sixth-grader at Sherwood Heights Elementary School. I have gone there for all my school years. This winter, an ice rink was made at Sherwood Heights. It is extremely nice, so thank you to Auburn for building our very nice rink. We have been playing on it all the time and it is […]
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Emphasize the humanity
Recently, President Donald Trump and others have used “chain migration” to refer to immigrants’ ability to unite their families. Such changes in language have the effect of objectifying people and reducing empathy for them, and are usually used in conjunction with the promotion of policies that harm them. It is easier to vote to break […]
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Liberal agenda has failed
President Donald Trump is crazy like a fox, delivering on commitments and taking the heat from the left and right. His State of the Union address gave both sides the opportunity to expose their true feelings. The president cited the many economic improvements: lower unemployment (the lowest recorded unemployment rates among blacks and Hispanics), bonuses […]