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PublishedNovember 6, 2022
Boston suburb unveils statue of first lady Abigail Adams
The influential wife of one president and mother of another is honored in Quincy.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2022
Maine Voices: Make America a beacon of hope again
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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PublishedOctober 23, 2022
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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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Brunswick history center to host spooky Seance Murder Mystery
Halloween weekend event takes place inside Skolfield-Whittier House Museum
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PublishedOctober 19, 2022
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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PublishedSeptember 20, 2022
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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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
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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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
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.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
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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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
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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