Clem Bechard: ‘Learn to coexist as one America’

Let’s see now — the border in chaos, and our grandkids’ future with trillion dollar expenditures. The latest is a commission looking into packing the Supreme Court. I, for the life of me, do not understand why everyone — I mean everyone — is not alarmed with all this. I am a Republican voter, so […]

Cartoon for Friday, April 16

Ruth Oakley: CMP corridor would have ‘devastating implications’

Matthew Roy wrote to the editor (“NECEC ‘critical’ for economy, infrastructure,” March 27) soliciting support for the wildly unpopular Central Maine Power corridor. He cited financial gain for the city of Lewiston as the reason he feels CMP deserves our support. I totally disagree with his view. I think we can all appreciate our city’s […]

Shirley Hager: Kudos to Golden for Wabanaki support

The Friends (Quaker) Committee on Maine Public Policy applauds Rep. Jared Golden for his statement of support for Tribal sovereignty. His willingness to call the current settlement act that restricts Wabanaki Tribes in Maine “problematic” and “increasingly unsustainable” is evidence of his character, courage and thoughtfulness as a leader. It also shows that he thoroughly […]

William Smith: The Maine Legislature’s anti-business agenda

Anti-business politicians in the Maine Legislature are at it again, proposing laws to regulate faraway companies that, if applied to Maine’s own industries, would be devastating.

Rep. Tom Skolfield: Agriculture critical to Maine’s economic success

Having recently celebrated National Agriculture Week, it is important we recognize our state’s farmers, producers and foresters who are critical to the success of our state’s natural resource economy. Today, Maine’s natural resource economy encompasses every part of the state, and has an economic impact of well over $10 billion. From large operations to mom-and-pop […]

In rebuttal: John Meagher: CMP corridor ‘destructive’ to environment

By the time I finished reading David Griswold’s recent letter to the editor to the end (“Ads about corridor’s forest impact untrue,” April 10), I literally spit my coffee out, seeing that he is a licensed forester. He could not be more misguided in saying our western Maine forest would not be permanently impacted by […]

Cartoon for Thursday, April 15

Robert Libby: Praise for Bates Mill article

I found the article in the April 4 Sun Journal regarding the Lewiston Bates Mill No. 5 very interesting (“20 years gone, Bates Manufacturing is still weaving a legacy“). Right after graduating high school and prior to becoming an architect, I went to work in the Mill No. 5, through the help of my father, […]

Cal Thomas: Lost liberties

If one can say the pandemic has had any positive side effect, it has been to help us focus on what the loss of liberties looks like. Such losses do not occur immediately but erode over time as people become increasingly comfortable with government claiming to know what is best for us.