Finish those screeners and lock in your predictions — Oscar Sunday is here. With the Golden Globes, the SAGs and craft honors in the rear-view mirror, the 2020 race is shaping up to be quite a showdown between more traditional awards darlings (period drama “1917”) and history-making entries (South Korean thriller “Parasite”). And though the […]
February 2020
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine gearing up for ‘Super Tuesday’ presidential primaries
After 20 years of town meeting-style caucuses, Mainers will be able to cast ballots for presidential nominees on March 3 during the single largest primary day of the 2020 elections.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-eds, Opinion, Politics
Bill Nemitz: As Trump skates away, King warns, the Senate forever loses its balance
Maine’s junior senator decries not just a newly emboldened president, but a forever-weakened Congress.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Oscar Predictions: Can ‘Parasite’ upset ‘1917’?
Many of the likely winners at the 92nd Academy Awards seem set in stone: Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern are entrenched as the acting favorites.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week and Jan. 31
The House has passed the Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, to modify and reauthorize through fiscal 2026 the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Estuary Program.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: The costs of political division
The incentive structure has changed to discourage cooperation and encourage obstruction.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Questions about arc of racial justice arise on drive through Georgia
With enough will and unity, equity is difficult but not unattainable, an African American former Mainer says.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Squirrels and birds put on a show when the feeder is full
This time of year, word travels fast in the animal world that there is some seed to be eaten.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Knocking on doors in a place that matters
You can feel politically powerless, or do what you can to make a difference.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago
Arthur Phillips’ engaging “The King at the Edge of the World” is set in the tense court of Queen Elizabeth I, as she lays dying and her couriers jockey to determine a successor.