In the aftermath of more horrific gun violence, people cope by parsing information and putting it in boxes. Was the killer a Muslim? What was the motive? Were there warning signs? Since San Bernardino, there’s been a debate over whether the murder of 14 people and wounding of 21 others was an act of terrorism […]
Cynthia Dill
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Cynthia Dill: Lessons learned in Gram’s cozy kitchen last a lifetime
She offered not just plate after plate of homemade Italian specialties but also warmth, tenderness and compassion.
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Cynthia Dill: Deploy the weapons of democracy
Republican leaders, in Maine and nationwide, deplore radical jihadists while countenancing ideological zealots in their midst.
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Cynthia Dill: It’s House speaker’s job to hold LePage accountable in Legislature
Mark Eves is wrong to state that the threatened revocation of public funds from Good Will-Hinckley is a ‘personal’ matter.
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Cynthia Dill: Blind faith of polling place videotaper is more distressing than his actions
People joining ideological groups without knowing answers to basic questions is scariest of all.
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Cynthia Dill: Never stop searching for new saints
Our system of government must never be taken for granted, despite the number of fools who currently ‘govern’ – or aspire to.
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Cynthia Dill: You’d think the point of political grillings would be getting answers. Think again.
Maine’s own Rep. Poliquin demonstrates this conundrum in an interrogation on YouTube, and then there’s Hillary and Benghazi.
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Cynthia Dill: Legal, political systems support new kind of segregation
A handful of very rich people and their corporations are running the country from corner offices and board rooms, places with lots of glass but very little transparency.
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Cynthia Dill: Democrats share blame for Maine’s ‘constitutional carry’ law
Under Republican control, the Maine Legislature did not expand health care or the economy, but the demented gun culture metastasized.
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Cynthia Dill: When women are the deciders, many Republicans object
It is only when women and men have equal rights and opportunity and share equally the privileges of political power that the rate of abortion in the United States will be reduced.