As a Catholic parishioner, in the light of the continuing sexual problems of priests in our Catholic Church, I submit, respectfully, that I think it is time for change in the church. I think it is time for male domination to end. I think it is time that women gain respect and equality as human […]
Tom Fallon
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Children are worth saving
The Parkland school shooting in Florida again raises the point that this nation has a problem that has not been solved, even after previous mass shootings. The nation’s children and grandchildren are at risk. The problem is that simple. Mental health problems and guns seem to be connected in the school and other mass shootings. […]
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Avoiding the consequences
As a Maine and American citizen, I would like to encourage President Donald Trump and federal elected officials to stop the immature political battling going on in Washington, D.C. The president’s tweeting is a very disappointing way to “manage” this nation. I encourage President Trump and other government officials to find a more sensible way […]
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Good fortune to Art Walk LA
I consider my literary reading during the June 24 Art Walk LA 2016 in Lewiston to be a very positive experience. I was able to present the poetry of the important Lewiston native and influential American painter of the early 20th Century, Marsden Hartley, as well as my own work. My involvement in Art Walk […]
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Protect the First Amendment
Reading the Sun Journal front page about Gov. Paul LePage’s point made at Bridgton (Jan. 9), I would like to state that I support the governor’s freedom of speech. I state at the same time that I do not always agree with the governor’s statements or his politics. I also support the freedom of speech […]
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Avant-garde event at UMF
Any Mainer interested in serious contemporary art will be heartened when reading the Sun Journal Encore articles (Nov.12) announcing the avant-garde music events at the University of Maine at Farmington which will take place this week. The avant-garde direction of visual art has been accepted by Mainers for some time, of course, but Maine literature […]
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The roots of violent behavior
After reading the Sun Journal article, “Profile of a murderer” (Oct. 3), one might think that if a family member or associate of Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer had some education and understanding of mental health, Harper-Mercer might have received care and the mass shooting murders might not have taken place. That situation seems to be the […]
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T. Fallon: Think, question and vote
As a Rumford citizen, I am disappointed with the Sun Journal’s poor coverage of the town budget negotiations this year. One would think such coverage was necessary for citizens, since there have been such problems in recent years. I encourage citizens to seek as much information as possible about the town budget; to think about […]
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T. Fallon: Have to prepare for the future
This is in response to the Sun Media article, “Auditor says Rumford needs to work on rainy day fund” (April 15). Some citizens in Rumford have been warning selectmen that the paper mill, as it downsized, would one day close — just as other mills around the state have closed. The selectmen were warned many […]
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P. Zanoni: Welcome to my snowy world
In his letter to the editor, printed Feb. 1, Tom Fallon expressed, in poetic prose, his pleasure in “the beauty, the silence and the peace of slowly-falling snow here in Maine.” Fallon also invited the public to “stop, see the beauty … to embrace the silence, the peace.” So, now I wish to invite Fallon […]