Jody Jalbert: A holiday gift to enlighten and entertain

Over the next few weeks, you will be reminded of the many reasons why the gift of the Sun Journal is truly a gift that keeps on giving. It is also a wonderful last-minute gift because you can purchase it right up until the first present is torn open.  

We may be watching Twitter implode in real time

By cutting much of the company’s ad team, Elon Musk has ended the all-important personal relationships that its executives had with big brands. A misconception about online advertising is that the entire business is driven by algorithms and programmatic auctions run by machines. That’s not the case.

Harry Truman illuminates why Trump having classified documents is illegal

The rise of the modern surveillance state and Watergate, prodded Congress into amending the Federal Records Act several times, however, and passing the Presidential Records Act in 1977. This law gave authority over presidential records to the National Archives and Records Administration, which became its own independent agency in 1984.

Cyndy Tinsley: Every child deserves, needs support

As a lifelong educator and children’s advocate, I am saddened by the thought that some children who might merely need a listening, caring person may not be given that option. I have listened to and encouraged many children in my life, and each one returned the attention with displaying confidence and being able to feel […]

Rick McIlveen: Mills has earned her second term

On Tuesday evening, when it was apparent that he had not won the election for governor, Paul LePage took the stage and provided a dramatic demonstration of why he is unfit to hold political office. He did not concede the race, berated his opponent, and angrily left the podium. Maine deserves better, and will have […]

Vanessa Burke: Here’s hoping LePage goes back to Florida

Paul LePage still doesn’t get it. He claims that he lost to Janet Mills because Mainers care more about abortion that heating oil. I don’t believe that. He lost because Mainers are sick of his lies. Yes, we are experiencing inflation that hasn’t been seen in years, but so is the rest of the world. […]

Dwight Mills: Fed up with never-ending political ads

Marc Jalbert’s letter on Nov. 9 (“Honesty ‘has taken a hit’ in political advertising“) wonderfully explained the problem of voter fatigue from all the political nonsense during state and national elections. I think many people besides he and I are fed up with never-ending political ads in which facts are taken out of context, exaggerated, […]

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Nov. 13

Lucy Sherman: Twin Cities embrace public art, artist Hugh Lassen

If there is one thing I learned last summer as I lived and worked in Lewiston, it is that this city is dedicated to the public arts and sees legitimate value in the unexpected encounters of a mural, a series of photographs along the road, or sculptures that either light up, rattle, or linger peacefully.

Cal Thomas: A ‘sure thing’ election that wasn’t

People who are happy or breathing easier because of the outcome of this election now own its consequences. Inflation, high gas and food prices, and an open border are likely to continue. Republicans have a lot of work to do to change voter attitudes.