The United States and Great Britain are suffering through an upsurge of hateful slights and slurs aimed at “others” – people with dark skin or foreign accents or strange clothes. And there is a clear cause behind the episodes in both countries. Call it the Trump Brexit Effect. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic […]
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The (Worcester) Telegram & Gazette (Mass.), June 26: The shock of Britain’s decision to exit the European Union shows just how out of touch the so-called “elites” and “experts” really are – not just those heading up the EU, but in Britain itself, in the failure of their dire warnings to prevent the vote to […]
Good Samaritan helped in time of roadside need
Sunday, the 26th of June, my husband and I were out with our ’73 Super Beetle when my husband shifted, it decided it wasn’t going to go, and we were stuck in the middle of a busy intersection. My husband, who is 78 years young, said, “Now what?” He would have to push it out […]
Governor of Maine needs higher salary
Great letter by Nancy Auclair (“Former county treasurer defends Judge Nadeau,” June 23). The governor of the state of Maine gets paid $70,000. Maine judges average $121,000. Average governor’s pay is $125,000. Governor’s salary currently ranked 50th, last. It’s good to see and hear about state, local, city and town employees’ salaries compared to the […]
Grohman helped cut red tape for college graduate
I would like to personally thank state Rep. Martin Grohman of Biddeford for his effort in ensuring Maine college graduates are able to secure jobs sooner. My daughter completed six years of college and graduated from Husson University as a physical therapist. She then passed the two national exams, applied for her state license and […]
Thanks for supporting literacy dinner
On behalf of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Sanford, thank you very much to everyone who took part in and supported our 17th Annual Student Recognition Dinner on June 2! We were delighted to celebrate our students and tutors and to hear from students Sean Hill and Nicole Milo, who were recognized for their achievements and […]
Trump hits populist nerve with trade deficit
The Washington Examiner’s Jim Antle recently noted that despite talk of a Republican “consensus” on trade, “three runners-up for the Republican nomination who received strong conservative support – Pat Buchanan in 1996, Mike Huckabee in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012 – were to varying degrees protectionist.” And that suggests the consensus isn’t really as […]
Editorial Roundup
The Providence Journal (R.I.), June 30: We’ve long argued that when then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton elected to disregard established protocol and conduct official business using a private email account housed on a personal server located in her New York home, she subjected the country to an unacceptable risk. Foreign hackers surely tried to break […]