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data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/cfoxheadshot-e1725389514753-1725394579.jpeg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/27/maine-trust-for-local-news-could-use-your-help/">Maine Trust for Local News could use your help</a> </div> <div class="summary"></div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/27/rich-lowry-why-we-love-rockets/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg 747w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg 747w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/27/rich-lowry-why-we-love-rockets/">Rich Lowry: Why we love rockets</a> </div> <div class="summary">The tests of Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, are the latest iteration of Musk's approach of rapid innovation toward the goal of sending men to the moon again, and then Mars. It is an expression of a basic human instinct for exploration and adventure, with the rocket as its symbol and vehicle.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/27/carl-sheline-from-all-of-us-here-in-lewiston-thank-you-so-much/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Butterfly-painting-1732634876.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/27/carl-sheline-from-all-of-us-here-in-lewiston-thank-you-so-much/">Carl Sheline: ‘From all of us here in Lewiston, thank you so much’</a> </div> <div class="summary">This Thanksgiving, what follows our grief is gratitude. Gratitude for these letters of concern and sympathy that let us know that we are far from alone.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/26/clarence-page-trumps-kakistocracy-invites-possible-catastrophe/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/26/clarence-page-trumps-kakistocracy-invites-possible-catastrophe/">Clarence Page: Trump’s kakistocracy invites possible catastrophe</a> </div> <div class="summary">My guess is that the new currency of the term has much to do with Trump's first wave of cabinet nominees for his second administration.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/24/froma-harrop-recalling-the-jihad-against-martha-stewart/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/24/froma-harrop-recalling-the-jihad-against-martha-stewart/">Froma Harrop: Recalling the jihad against Martha Stewart</a> </div> <div class="summary">She was tenacious. So, what? Male executives wore that badge proudly. This woman built a business empire based on creating artistic cheese trays and making wreaths from dry leaves. Try that, Elon Musk.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/24/austin-bay-pete-hegseths-pentagon-fix-it-list/><img width="247" height="193" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Austin-Bay-1692793562.jpg?w=247&h=193&crop=1"><noscript><img width="247" height="193" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Austin-Bay-1692793562.jpg?w=247&h=193&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/24/austin-bay-pete-hegseths-pentagon-fix-it-list/">Austin Bay: Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon fix-it list</a> </div> <div class="summary">Based on what he's done in battle as well as said on the record, Hegseth understands the Pentagon's Job One is fielding an American military that is stronger, better prepared and deadlier than any other military on the planet.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/24/rich-lowry-the-age-of-whispered-conversations/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg 747w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg 747w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/24/rich-lowry-the-age-of-whispered-conversations/">Rich Lowry: The age of whispered conversations</a> </div> <div class="summary">Surveys show that Americans are now afraid of speaking their minds, and for good reason. Livelihoods and reputations can be destroyed by an ill-considered comment or social media post, so the vast majority of people keep their heads down, even if they are mystified or appalled by what they are witnessing.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/23/cal-thomas-to-vet-or-not-to-vet/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> November 23 </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/23/cal-thomas-to-vet-or-not-to-vet/">Cal Thomas: To vet or not to vet</a> </div> <div class="summary">Suggestions that the Senate and House should adjourn for 10 days to allow president-elect Trump’s nominees to sail through without hearings is a bad idea that could come back to haunt Trump, his administration and the public.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/22/clarence-page-how-democrats-let-a-rising-generation-of-supporters-slip-away-2/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/09/Clarence-Page-1694003458.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> November 22 </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/22/clarence-page-how-democrats-let-a-rising-generation-of-supporters-slip-away-2/">Clarence Page: How Democrats let a rising generation of supporters slip away</a> </div> <div class="summary">As hard as it may be for Democrats to admit, Donald Trump made a more persuasive case to those outside the monoculture.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/21/froma-harrop-on-vaccines-its-every-man-for-himself/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Froma-Harrop1-1692303014.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/21/froma-harrop-on-vaccines-its-every-man-for-himself/">Froma Harrop: On vaccines, ‘it’s every man for himself’</a> </div> <div class="summary">Donald Trump's pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services suggests utter lack of concern for the well-being of everyday Americans.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/20/jay-nicholson-give-thanks-on-education-support-professionals-day-nov-20/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/11/Jay-Nicholson-1731947057.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/20/jay-nicholson-give-thanks-on-education-support-professionals-day-nov-20/">Jay Nicholson: Give thanks on Education Support Professionals Day, Nov. 20</a> </div> <div class="summary">Take time to speak up for them, and the critical work they do; advocate for better working conditions for them at your local school board meetings; and most importantly, don’t forget to thank them for the critical support they provide within our school communities.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/20/cal-thomas-trimming-obese-government/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Cal-Thomas-1-1692707606.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/20/cal-thomas-trimming-obese-government/">Cal Thomas: Trimming obese government</a> </div> <div class="summary">We can put big government on a diet if we have the will. If we don’t, we only have to look at history to see what has happened to other nations that spent themselves into oblivion.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/19/rich-lowry-no-the-left-cant-create-a-new-joe-rogan/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg 747w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg 747w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/10/Rich-Lowry1-1698409442.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/19/rich-lowry-no-the-left-cant-create-a-new-joe-rogan/">Rich Lowry: No, the Left can’t create a new Joe Rogan</a> </div> <div class="summary">If progressives created their own Joe Rogan, he'd likely be a bore. He'd have to watch what he said and toe the party line on cultural questions.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="time"> </div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/18/bird-flu-is-about-to-crash-flu-season-it-could-get-ugly/">Bird flu is about to crash flu season. It could get ugly.</a> </div> <div class="summary">One very easy way to lower the chances of a genetic shuffling would be for everyone, but especially farm workers, to get vaccinated against seasonal flu.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/17/austin-bay-win-win-out-of-no-win-previewing-trumps-russia-ukraine-transaction/><img width="247" height="193" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Austin-Bay-1692793562.jpg?w=247&h=193&crop=1"><noscript><img width="247" height="193" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/08/Austin-Bay-1692793562.jpg?w=247&h=193&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="time"> November 17 </div> <div class="headline"> <a 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