One of the most famous photographs ever taken is of an American sailor passionately kissing a woman in Times Square while celebrating Japan’s surrender ending World War II. Fast forward 81 years and here we are, our most recent war of choice against Iran (seemingly) ended with an entirely different kind of surrender. We may […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Another naming idea for President Trump | Letter
I read, with good humor, Louis Phillips’ recent letter suggesting appropriate institutions to carry our current president’s name in his honor (“Kennedy Center consolation prizes for the president,” June 18). While very much on target, I’m afraid that these places may be on a scale a bit too small for Mr. Trump given his large […]
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The president is hitting new lows | Letter
Enough’s enough. When will Republican lawmakers in Washington stand up and say what most of us know? Donald Trump is not fit to be president. How can they back a so-called leader who continually makes up stories: claiming the Italian prime minister wanted to have a photo taken with him because he felt sorry for […]
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Maine’s pedestrians also need to do their part | Letter
Pedestrian fatalities are cause for concern. So is the careless pedestrian behavior that makes them hard to avoid.
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Stunned by Hannah Pingree’s victory | Letter
I can’t believe that Hannah Pingree won the Democratic primary for governor in Maine. Don’t Democratic people realize that Pingree worked for Gov. Janet Mills, who ruined Maine? Maine schools ranked 43rd in the country because students are failing in math and reading. Hospitals are failing because of the lack of doctors. Medicare is down […]
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Those who serve the struggling deserve respect, not abuse | Letter
Staff and volunteers at the Maine Recovery Access Project Center in Augusta spend countless hours supporting some of the most vulnerable members of our community. They show up for people struggling with addiction, hunger and homelessness. They do this work not because it is easy, but because they genuinely care. What’s troubling is instead of […]
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I, for one, welcome letters from away | Letter
The more people reading newspapers and writing to newspapers, the better.
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The obscenity of Elon Musk’s $1 trillion | Letter
Elon Musk’s recent achievement of $1 trillion net worth (now back to $957 billion) only serves to underline America’s obscene inequality. Compared to Warren Buffet (Forbes’ 10th-richest man, at $150 billion), there’s very little that Musk’s additional $850 billion nets him: private islands, super yachts, private jets and a car collection combined can merely put […]
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Put Trump’s vanity project in perspective | Letter
On the subject of the Great American State Fair, President Trump recently stated: “I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime . . . DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third-Rate ‘Artists.’” (Sun Journal, […]
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Delighted by return of ‘From the Garden’ column | Letter
Many thanks for bringing back Tom Atwell’s “From The Garden” column last Sunday. I have sorely missed seeing it. I have seen their gardens and I realize the great effort they put into making their property a fine example of what we, too, can accomplish. I hope that the column will become a regular feature […]