Cartoon for Sunday, May 9

Cal Thomas: Central Insanity Agency

The CIA has had problems in its past, but none as serious as this. If they continue to succumb to wokeness, the “I” in its acronym will stand for insanity.

Rev. Dr. Jodi Hayashida: Harm reduction saves lives

It is well past time for us to move past the death measure of Maine’s regressive policies and instead choose the critical and life-affirming practices of harm reduction. Harm reduction is a collection of evidence-based techniques rooted in a fundamental belief that every life is sacred and worthy of care. It is a decision to reframe the epidemic of substance-related deaths away from criminalization and toward public health.

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Have your meat and eat it, too

We can eat as much beef as we want and help the environment at the same time. It’s all about how we raise the beef.

Kevin Landry: Politics now ‘permeates every facet’ of culture

There was a time when politics had its place. It was a glorious time when Democrat and Republican family members could have a civil (more or less) debate without cancelling each other out. It was a time when you could watch a ball game without some player or advertisement preaching to you about some issue. […]

Ed McCarthy: ‘Underwhelmed’ by Collins’ bipartisan tag

So Sen. Susan Collins is “most bipartisan” (Sun Journal, May 3). Pardon if I am underwhelmed. Given today’s Republican Party, composed of semi-lunatic Trumpites and anti-government apologists for the owning classes typified by the obstructionist McConnell, it ain’t hard to appear reasonable, even if your bipartisanship consists mostly of wondering why President Biden won’t just […]

Cartoon for Saturday, May 8

Suzanne Roy: Lewiston ‘deserves better’ as major Maine city

Thanks to Richard Grandmaison for correcting the misperception that Lewiston is the third largest city in Maine. Lewiston has been the second largest city in Maine since at least the early 1900s despite a long list of obstacles that have seemed aimed at limiting its size and influence: namely, a statewide blindness to its strengths […]

Robert Reed: Reject Lewiston school budget, overspending

At a time when more people are out of work and struggling, it seems our elected officials at both the School Committee and City Council have decided to double down with larger tax increases, more programs, and jobs that this city simply cannot afford. As a past member of the City Council and past member […]

Cartoon for Friday, May 7