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Editorial Roundup
The Telegraph (N.H.), Nov. 13: Some people aren’t happy unless they have some-thing to complain about. Into that category we would place those who have raised a fuss about Starbucks rolling out red cups for the holiday season and declaring that the company is waging a “war on Christmas” because the cups lack any specific […]
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UNE articulation agreements create new pathways to higher education
In recent years, the University of New England has emerged as an increasingly national and even global player in a number of important realms. UNE has strengthened its position as one of the select few academic institutions offering a comprehensive health education mission by opening new colleges of pharmacy and dental medicine on our Portland […]
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Next president to face Social Security crisis
Social Security is a major problem, and it needs to be fixed soon. In 2022, just seven years from now, the program will begin eating into its reserves. When they are gone in 2034, payroll taxes won’t cover 21 percent of payments. The shortfall will grow each year. This pending crisis means something must been […]
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And so I face the final curtain
It’s been a long time since I first stepped through the doors of the Journal Tribune. I was wide-eyed as a speckled hawk owl and twitchy with shot nerves; up to that point, the most pressure I’d felt professionally was meeting sales goals while peddling long-distance calling plans as a telemarketer. Now, I was tasked […]
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Thumbs up to the Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine and the City of Biddeford for taking the initiative to provide advocacy, support and resources locally to victims of sexual assault. The new dedicated office space is at the city’s J. Richard Martin Community Center, 189 Alfred St. The office will be open noon […]
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Suppression of free speech in academia is out of control
Hostility to the exercise of free speech on American college campuses is nothing new. But what happened at Yale University, the University of Missouri and other colleges over the past two weeks is something new and frightening. The suppression of speech in academia has begun to spiral out of control. Nicholas Christakis is a professor […]
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No place for amateurs
It’s time to tell the plain truth: Donald Trump and Ben Carson are not qualified to be president. This was obvious long before the terrorist attacks in Paris focused attention on the president’s role as commander in chief. After Paris, Republican voters who have been enticed by the two outsiders should now understand that the […]