In 1795, when considering a new university in his home state of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson pronounced freedom to be “the first-born daughter of science.” Donald Trump is currently attacking freedom by censoring scientists. As the New York Times reported in October, scientists in the Environmental Protection Agency were forbidden to speak about climate change at […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Votes benefit the wealthy
Who is helping people with their taxes? Not the Republican legislators. Not U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin nor Sen. Susan Collins, who both said “yes” to the latest Republican tax heist, which gives hefty tax cuts to the wealthy. Not Rep. Russell Black, or Rep. Lance Harvell, or Rep. Tom Skolfield, who all said “no” in […]
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Expressing our gratitude
On the anniversary of Derek Adams’ disappearance, his family wishes to express profound gratitude to the Maine Warden Service, Maine State Police, canine units and Oxford County Sheriff’s Department for a very difficult job well done. Outcome aside, we have been very impressed by their professional expertise and skills. Thanks also to trained search and […]
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Tax bill: Reform or deform?
“Reforming” taxes, according to Webster’s Dictionary, would be amending or improving them. It seems to me that the president and the congressional majority are instead “deforming” taxes, which means disfiguring/making hideous or monstrous. According to a recent Gallup poll, only two percent of Americans say that taxes are one of the most important problems facing […]
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President is an embarrassment
The word “Trumpian” is now in our lexicon, whether we like it or not. For little more than a year, we continue to hear the president use campaign phrases when speaking through Twitter or in person. It is easy to predict his simpleton vocabulary, and one can complete his sentences without effort because he makes […]
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Retirement planning preserved
The federal tax code can either encourage workers to prepare for retirement and provide opportunities for them to save and invest for the future, or it can do the opposite. With 45 percent of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, we need a tax code that encourages retirement savings. Fortunately, the tax reform legislation being […]
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Sen. Collins and the tax bill
I was just wondering how the new tax bill will affect Sen. Susan Collins. Will she get to take advantage of the breaks for millionaires? Seems like a lot of CEOs are saying that the extra money they get will go to stockholder dividends and CEO pay and not to worker wages and more infrastructure. […]
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Tax bill is short-sighted
I am concerned with the proposed tax bill currently going through Congress. This year has seen record-breaking storms that were exacerbated by climate change. Instead of doing anything to encourage renewable energy, the tax bill undermines credits for wind energy and electric vehicles, while proposing to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling for […]
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Businesswomen deserve credit
Kudos to Lewiston businesswomen Heidi Audet of Chill Yoga, Sandy Marquis of Marquis Signs and Tammie Greishaber for another spectacular Sparkle Sunday on downtown Lisbon Street, held Dec. 17. The street was full of pop-up retailers, in addition to many other retailers open with special Sunday hours, as well as restaurants and food vendors, live […]
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Please, Sen. Collins, vote 'no'
I am deeply disappointed to read of Sen. Susan Collins’ likely support for the proposed income tax bill. Every nonpartisan analysis I have read points to great benefits to corporations and the wealthy; meager and declining benefits for small businesses, middle class and poor families. The switch in taxing corporations at a territorial rather than […]