With the midterms only a fortnight away, is it not the time to come together to deal with the vexing challenges that face us all?
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Elsie who? At one time, millions read Elsie Robinson’s columns
‘Listen, World!’ illuminates the life and work of a pioneering journalist who overcame many hurdles to become the most popular columnist of her time.
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Brunswick history center to host spooky Seance Murder Mystery
Halloween weekend event takes place inside Skolfield-Whittier House Museum
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: On childhood terrors and real dangers
Because the brinksmanship of the Cuban missile crisis played a large role in my childhood, I have a hard time thinking of nuclear annihilation as an abstract idea.
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Maine Voices: American ‘devolution’ would be unmitigated global catastrophe
Fiction has the luxury of not having to worry about issues it fails to consider. Reality doesn’t.
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Ken Burns on his latest PBS documentary, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’
Burns: ‘The willingness of people to believe the lies of an evil regime and manipulative leaders – demagogues – isn’t something that’s a one-off.’
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Review: Ken Burns’ new documentary spotlights how little the U.S. did to stop the Holocaust
‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ shows that Americans fell far short of their ideals in their treatment of Jews threatened with imminent murder in Europe. And the film suggests that the past is not past.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: What if we had a monarch of our own?
A head of state, as opposed to a head of government, could be a useful outlet for a variety of energies.
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Commentary: A history of the ‘Big Lie,’ from Plato to TikTok
The development and circulation of great national myths has been going on for centuries.
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Maine Voices: Consider a peaceful devolution of America into several nations
Could it be that there are limits to growth? Four interesting books light the way.