With all the news swirling about these days, concerned observers can’t be faulted for thinking this July 4 may be the last time we celebrate Independence Day. If you haven’t yet buried your head like an ostrich by turning off news broadcasts, you’re probably shocked that Marxists have taken over sections of American cities, that […]
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Letter: Balentine should gain a better understanding of systemic racism
Having just read Mr. Balentine’s weekly column, I am appalled by his comment that he’d “be surprised if our readership included racists” (“BLM should demand less government, not more,” June 19). Perhaps he is simply taking the term “racist” too literally. The current and ongoing furor about racism in the U.S. and the rest of […]
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Letter: Balentine ignorant of BLM issues, demands
How sad to read such an arrogant, ignorant and racist column as the one John Balentine wrote on June 18 (“BLM should demand less government, not more”). He speaks from his own experience and calls that normal. For example, nuclear families are the “bedrock of sound societies the world over” when in reality “nuclear family” […]
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Here’s Something: This summer, venture beyond the Maine cliche
At the beginning of each summer, right about the time when the midday sun is highest and the days start getting shorter, I start thinking about Maine’s famously long, still, frigid, weary, dead winters again. They’re so evil they read like the opening line of a Faulkner novel. Late June stirs the worst kind of […]
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Here’s Something: BLM should demand less government, not more
Everyone reading this newspaper agrees that black lives matter. (I’d be surprised if our readership included racists, which are already few and far between in our tolerant state and probably not diligent newspaper readers.) But I’d venture another guess that fewer readers would as enthusiastically support the group known as Black Lives Matter after visiting […]
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Here’s Something: Protesters wrong to call for Jennings’ ouster
Protests calling for change in how Maine and other states police the black community took a surprising and disturbing turn last week as protesters in Portland turned their ire toward the widely respected city manager. Portland Mayor Kate Snyder and other members of the Portland City Council came to the defense of City Manager Jon […]
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Letter: Balentine needs to see plastic is a real problem
Your columnist John Balentine has recently written in dismay about how liberals are telling us lies about plastic (“Pandemic exposing liberal lies, Part I,” May 14). He would consider to be a lie National Geographic’s article called “Plastic Apocalypse,” which describes and photographs the Pacific Ocean’s Plastic Garbage Patch, which is the size of the […]
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Here’s Something: It was the best, worst of weekends
Thank goodness the SpaceX Dragon capsule made it safely off the ground to successfully dock with the International Space Station last weekend. If not for that monumental achievement, the weekend would have been one of the most tragic and depressing in American history. Similar to the opening line of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two […]
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Letter: ‘Campaign of constant grievance’ logic does not follow
I agree with John Balentine’s opinion that Mainers have heard many “hair-brained” schemes and lies during the current pandemic: it’s all somebody else’s fault, it’ll all be over soon – like a miracle! – and a swig of chlorine bleach could be a cure. I agree it can be hard for some people to distinguish […]
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Here’s Something: Pandemic worth writing poems about
We’re all having trouble coping with the health and economic ramifications of the coronavirus, but some are having more difficulty than others. Of course, there are the folks getting sick and dying. At last count in Maine there were about 75 people who have succumbed and about 1,900 who have contracted the disease. Then there […]