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The Concord Monitor (N.H.), Nov. 5: The call by Republican presidential candidates that networks bow to their list of debate demands is the latest example of the GOP nominating process that has spun out of control. After enduring a CNBC forum that featured provocative, tough questions, the candidates decided that they didn’t like debates after […]

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Brunswick thanks supporters

I would like to express my deep appreciation to all the Saco residents who supported my effort to be mayor with their vote. I lost the race, however during the campaign I had the great opportunity to talk with citizens about issues concerning the property tax rate, K–12 education and City Council decisions. Please know […]

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The Lowell Sun (Mass.), Nov. 7: Perhaps this time President Obama got it right. When Russian President Vladimir Putin flexed his country’s military muscles in Syria by launching an air campaign against rebel forces a month ago, Obama said Russia would soon find itself entangled in a quagmire of its own doing. Putin unleashed his […]

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New speaker, same old excuse

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is the new speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012, is young (45), very conservative and did not want the speaker’s job. But he took it anyway. Ryan has his contradictions. He was a fan of the Russian-born novelist Ayn Rand, whose works celebrated […]