The victim says, ‘I was laughed at, tortured, beaten and scared for my life.’
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Can this marriage be saved?
“If you vote for Paul LePage,” my wife said in that carefully restrained voice she uses whenever I’m in big trouble, “I will divorce you.” My wife is not fond of the Republican governor, his conservative agenda nor his Tea Party style. She can’t understand why, with a year to go before the next gubernatorial […]
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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: A school policy that flunks out
Well, I’ve tried – believe me, I’ve tried – but my frustration has reached the level where I now have zero tolerance for zero-tolerance policies. I know that sounds contradictory, but most logically thinking people believe that the zero-tolerance idea has gotten totally out of control. I want to share with you some of the […]
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LETTERS: Vote yes on Question 4
As a lifelong resident of the state of Maine and proud graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, please join me in supporting Question 4 by casting a yes vote. For over 70 years Maine Maritime Academy has successfully prepared young men and women for highly skilled jobs worldwide. Now more than ever, the qualities of a […]
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LETTERS: Support Bailey in Gorham
As an instructor at the University of Southern Maine, I know how important education is to the success of the next generation. Education, especially early in life, is critical to the intellectual growth of our kids – the earlier they begin learning, the higher their educational attainment later in life will be. Gorham residents – […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: Chuckles from the past
It’s said you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your relatives or your emails. For example, an email came over the transom here at Storyteller Central the other day from someone who said he had been reading a book on the humor of Abe Lincoln, and it said somewhere that the Great Emancipator’s […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Some dinosaurs from the office
In an email recently, someone asked if I was still doing minutes. No, I told her, that job was replaced by technology. “Doing minutes” meant attending meetings, recording (writing) what was said by using shorthand (another obsolete tool) and typing up the results into “minutes.” I guess no one types any longer, and fewer know […]
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LIFE LESSONS: Money fueling tar-sands debate
Fear! A tool used to convince people to “see it our way.” It has been used in countries of genocide, where the targeted people were the educated, and those less educated were convinced to kill friends and relatives, by telling them things that frightened them. Powerful stuff. Fact: Portland Pipe Line Corp. applied for, and […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
LIFE LESSONS: Money fueling tar-sands debate
Fear! A tool used to convince people to “see it our way.” It has been used in countries of genocide, where the targeted people were the educated, and those less educated were convinced to kill friends and relatives, by telling them things that frightened them. Powerful stuff. Fact: Portland Pipe Line Corp. applied for, and […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Web
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Some dinosaurs from yesteryear’s office
In an email recently, someone asked if I was still doing minutes. No, I told her, that job was replaced by technology. “Doing minutes” meant attending meetings, recording (writing) what was said by using shorthand (another obsolete tool) and typing up the results into “minutes.” I guess no one types any longer, and fewer know […]