In rebuttal: Joe Mailey: Last four years have created ‘perfect storm’ for global economies

Robert Reed’s rebuttal published Aug. 26 really drove home the issues of a runaway economy that we Americans face today with no relief in sight. I thought it was a well written piece; he used great examples of what so many Americans are facing today. However, he forgot to mention anything about the last four […]

Vanessa Paolella: A tale of two sales

I imagine the Times-Tribune will soon look a lot like the Sun Journal would without Russ Dillingham, Mark LaFlamme, Donna Perry or the many other longtime staff members who’ve made our paper what it is.

In rebuttal: Stephen Lunt: Readers should know Climate Intelligence Foundation’s background

Here we go again with Cal Thomas, aided inadvertently by the Sun Journal. In his column published Sept. 6 (“More climate fiction“), Cal promotes, as usual, the canard that there should be no concern about the “false narrative of ‘climate change.’” And as usual there is no mention of the background of the “Climate Intelligence […]

Bob Neal: The Countryman: To what do we pledge our allegiance?

As a Boy Scout, I sometimes wondered why we pledged allegiance to the flag ahead of even the republic. Then as now, I thought the republic more important than any of its symbols.

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, Sept. 9

Auburn medical supply retailer makes magazine’s top 5,000 list

AUBURN — Inc. magazine has ranked Bedard Medical No. 4,283 in its annual Inc. 5000 list. The most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America, it provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment — its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and […]

Renee Fortin: Pine Tree Power would cause decade of higher rates

Under Pine Tree Power, not only would the state have to borrow more than $10 billion to buy out the two biggest utility companies in Maine, but we’d also be likely to see our electric rates go up for the first 10 years. That’s from a study by the Maine Public Utilities Commission. How in […]

Joe Voisine: Honest politicians want to make a better America

Raising taxes on billionaires and hiking the tax rate on Americans making more than $400,000 a year may help, in my opinion, but it is surely not the solution. Inflation is at an all-time high, and President Biden is bragging on a better economy, which is what worries me. I wonder why America would give […]

In rebuttal: Scott Roberts: Cal Thomas cooks up tripe, not opinion

After reading Cal Thomas’ piece in the Sept. 6 Sun Journal (“More climate fiction“) I am hoping that the paper’s management will create a proper cooking section going forward where his work could be found. His writing, after all, is not really opinion — it’s tripe. Scott Roberts, Livermore Falls

Rich Lowry: No, we aren’t Rome

By all means, study the history of Rome for its own sake and for the insights it affords into human nature and the roots of the Western world. But the moral of the story needn’t be about 21st-century America.