Jim Wellehan: Protect Lake Auburn, preserve clean air, water

It was a joy to read of Sen. Ed Muskie’s “Clean Water Bill” passing some 50 years ago. Clean air and clean water are things we all need. We’re blessed to have great organizations to keep us aware of the issue — like the Sierra Club, Maine Conservation Voters, and the Natural Resources Council of […]

Craig MacMillan: Most armed citizens carry for protection, not ill intent

I saw on the news July 30 on WMTW 13 about 11 people being shot, with one dead, in six different shootings in Washington, D.C. I don’t understand how this could happen in a city with a complete ban on guns. I guess that isn’t working out so well. Maybe an armed retired police officer, […]

Faith Fontaine: Re-elect Rep. Libby to Maine House

Laurel Libby’s announcement to run for re-election to Maine’s House of Representatives is good news for hardworking Maine families. Despite the roadblocks set up by the Democrat majority that thwarted her bill to ease the excruciating isolation of our elderly during the COVID lockdown, and their failure to bring forth her bill proposing a much-needed […]

Editorial cartoon for Thursday, Aug. 4

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bill Russell was ‘an arrogant Negro’ to the end

It was heartening, though not surprising to see him, in his ninth decade, appear on Twitter, still agitating for freedom. It suggested that, while the things that made Bill Russell an unparalleled athlete eroded with age, the thing that made him an unparalleled man was indestructible. Let that serve as his epitaph.

Evert Fowle: McLean offers good judgment, integrity to 3-county DA post

I write to support Neil McLean for district attorney for Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. He served as one of my prosecutors in  Kennebec and Somerset counties for many years. His work was thorough and professional, and he was highly regarded by law enforcement, defense attorneys and judges. He was very effective in his case […]

Richard Smith: Revenue would be lost if state income tax is reduced

I found the article early this month in the Sun Journal regarding Paul LePage’s proposed attempt to reduce and eventually eliminate the state income tax, interesting regarding how he intends to accomplish this transition. He was obsessed with this idea while he was governor for eight years. The attempt at that time was not popular […]

James Richter: Inflation reduction bill puts people over political rancor

I urge Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King to support the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” negotiated between Sen. Joe Manchin and his Democratic colleagues. This balanced bill helps fight climate change, strengthens U.S. economic security, reduces prescription drug prices for older Americans and lowers the federal budget deficit. How does it do all […]

Cal Thomas: Humpty Dumpty and the recession

Democrats have junked the original title of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” massive spending plan and rebranded it “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” Clearly this was in reaction to poll numbers showing the public blames the president and Democrats for the rise in food and gas prices, increased mortgage rates and so much else.

Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Aug. 3