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Trump, others promote politics of fear
Suppose a small war-like country attacked a larger one in the belief that it would expand its territory while the larger country, demoralized and panicked by the attack, would react only with fear. Instead, the larger country, motivated more than frightened by the attack, counterattacked, leading to its victory. Something like that is the story […]
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Editorial Roundup
Gloucester Times (Mass.), Nov. 18: France has shown impressive and inspiring resolve in its efforts to root out ISIS terrorists; truly it is “at war,” and it means to win. But France also shows that it holds true to its core values of equality and freedom, and that is perhaps the most impressive quality of […]
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Neighborhoods on both sides of the Kennebunk River are under siege
We on the Lower Village side read with great interest the perils of the North Street neighborhood in Kennebunkport and echo a recent letter to the editor in asking, “When did the desire to attract still more tourists to Kennebunk(port) take precedence over the people who live here?” This past summer, the principals of the […]
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Readers’ Forum
Problems with the EPA Former President Richard Nixon founded the Environmental Protection Agency. This agency couldn’t care less about working or retired people. My age, I can remember their first ruling back in the 1970s. They claimed we were living in the “Ice Age” because of the cold winters and the amount of snow we […]
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Berry, berry, quite contrary
I don’t care what anyone says. Canned cranberry jelly is way better than the real stuff. It’s got a consistency not found in nature, mostly because it’s not found in nature. It retains its can shape with an eerie fidelity, and when wild animals eat it, they get acid indigestion and have the squeaks for […]
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Thumbs up to Think Tank Biddeford for its new coworking space in the former Pepperell Mill. Think Tank founder Patrick Roche said he thinks Biddeford is a great place to do business, and that now is the time to “grow Biddeford back to where it was many years ago.” Thumbs down to the way Tim […]