Gov. Paul LePage’s assertion that 7,600 Mainers fought for the Confederacy is another example of his willingness to create fake news and to mislead the people of Maine. The Sun Journal printed an excellent front page article on the subject (Aug. 23), the crux of which was that LePage presented no evidence for his statements […]
Letters
Letters to the editor of the Sun Journal.
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Merger would be step backward
I have been a resident of Lewiston-Auburn all of my life. I was a proud member of Lewiston High School’s state championship ski team in 1967 and am looking forward to my 50th class reunion. I urge fellow Auburn residents to remember Auburn’s city motto — “No steps backward.” One other thought when considering the […]
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Obit wording showed courage
Recently, I read the obit for Eric Gooldrup (July 6). When I read it and saw that he died from complications of addiction, I was blown away. It was very brave and I am sure very difficult to put that in the obituary. I want to thank his survivors for including it, along with a […]
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Destroying health care
This is a response to Kevin Simpson’s letter (Aug. 13) which disagreed with my letter (Aug. 6). Simpson did not criticize the parts of my letter that exposed the unethical power play of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or the Democrats disservice to their constituents by passing a large document bill that they had not read, or […]
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Moral values not in evidence
As follow-up in his response to the Charlottesville tragedy, President Donald Trump asserted that among those protesting the removal of the Confederate statue were some “very fine people … very fine people …” It made me and, I’m sure, many others wonder: Do very fine people walk in file with white supremacists proudly hoisting the […]
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Big pigs rule the trough
I am responding to Thomas Shields’ advocacy (Aug. 6) for the so called “free market” approach to economics. In a free market, the biggest pigs get the largest share of the trough. He doesn’t take account of the facts that little pigs may contribute to the trough out of proportion to their take-away. Regarding the […]
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Really impressive
What better way to enhance the image of Lewiston-Auburn and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the balloon festival than by putting a shot of the balloons floating over a junk yard on the front page of the paper (Aug. 19). I will proudly show the paper to visitors whom I want to impress with the […]
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Stand against hate groups
The night before the Charlottesville demonstration, neo-Nazis paraded chanting “we will not be replaced by Jews.” One of its leaders told a reporter he was disgusted that Donald Trump’s beautiful daughter was married to a Jewish man. Trump said that we all salute the same flag but neglected to say the neo-Nazis salute a flag […]
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Speak out against injustice
Recently, I saw a special program on the History Channel. There was a photo of Nazis standing with rifles on one side of a giant hole. On the other side were the human bodies that would fill it. Mothers were ordered to hold their babies high, to be a better target. Nobody did anything about […]
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Resources needed for the homeless
Lewiston residents should help out those who are homeless — help them find a place to live so they can have clothes, medication, food and a place to sleep. If I were homeless, I would try to get help from the state and from the city of Lewiston. But resources for homeless people are scarce. […]