Carl Natale

Sun Journal

Web editor for SunJournal.com

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Published
May 17, 2020

The Year with No Summer: How the hardships and the politics of 1816 compare with today’s

The snow storm that invaded Maine a few days ago along with equivocal prospects for both our health and the economy have brought to mind the question of whether Maine has ever confronted other problematic seasons such as the one that is about to unfold. Though a familiar point of comparison has been the 1918 […]
Published
May 12, 2020

VIDEOS: Watch the flyover salute to essential workers in Maine

The flyover from the 101st Air Refueling Wing of the Maine National Guard in Bangor salutes those supporting COVID-19 response efforts.
Published
May 10, 2020

Are we living in a dystopia?

Dystopian fiction is hot. Sales of George Orwell’s “1984” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” have skyrocketed since 2016. Young adult dystopias – for example, Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games,”Veronica Roth’s “Divergent,”Lois Lowry’s classic, “The Giver” – were best-sellers even before. And with COVID-19, dystopias featuring diseases have taken on new life. Netflix reports a spike in popularity for “Outbreak,” “12 Monkeys” and others. Does this […]
Published
May 10, 2020

Cellphone monitoring is spreading with the coronavirus. So is an uneasy tolerance of surveillance.

More than two dozen countries are tracking cellphones to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Published
May 7, 2020

Polar vortex to remind Maine what winter was like this weekend

Androscoggin County could see at least 3 inches of snow with more forecast for areas farther north.
Published
May 7, 2020

Rumford tattoo shop looks to ink deal with state to open early

Ink Maine is one of Maine’s tattoo shops looking to open earlier than the current plan from Gov.Janet Mills.
Published
May 4, 2020

Dr. Dora Anne Mills: Maine still needs to practice good social distancing

These measures — to one degree or another — are likely a way of life until there is herd immunity achieved with a vaccine. They are also the most effective tools we have to fight this virus — to protect us who are carrying out these strategies and importantly, to protect those around us.
Published
May 3, 2020

Maine nurses went from ‘industrial morality’ to ‘angels of mercy’

Employers of the 19th century easily justified the policing of the moral and social behavior of their workers by arguing that they were engaged in a larger social mission by magically giving birth to solid character traits and law abiding citizens. Such rules governing the workplace were accompanied by long hours of toil which served […]
Published
May 3, 2020

Ohio primary marks a major test for mail-in voting

Ohio held its primary election almost entirely by mail in what could be a model for the rest of the nation in November. The contest is a canary in the coal mine for more than a dozen states still planning presidential and state primaries this year. They’re aiming for either a fully vote-by-mail elections or […]
Published
May 3, 2020

Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others

When Wisconsin voters and officials sought to adapt the state’s spring elections to better observe social distancing guidelines, the U.S. Supreme Court refused. One of the changes state officials had asked for was extra time so voters could cast their ballots by mail. The coronavirus outbreak is set to last for months or even years. What will that mean for the elections – including the presidential […]

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