It seems to be taking an awfully long time to remodel the guest bathroom, but that’s partly my fault. Apparently you can’t just put a shower anywhere you want, because they have to move the pipes. And moving the pipes is very expensive. But what’s money to a guy like me? I bought stock in […]
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Parking garage will be incredible progress for Biddeford
Editor, It seems some of the Biddeford citizens who attended the Sept. 10 city council meeting missed the point that the comprehensive parking plan proposed by the city is not chiefly for tourism or local business patronage. The planned 640-space garage is fundamentally aimed at accelerating the ongoing economic development of downtown Biddeford. A garage […]
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Our representatives need to take stand to thwart government internet takeover
Editor, Mainers rely on the internet every day. The internet is faster and easier to use than ever before, and it shows: Mainers benefit from the ever-evolving changes that broadband has experienced. From running a business to making telemedicine possible, access to broadband Internet has revolutionized the way we run our lives. Unfortunately, bureaucrats in Washington want to interfere by imposing Depression-era regulations. […]
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Pease column was right on target
Editor, Dr. Pease’s column in Tuesday’s Journal Tribune hit the nail on the head. Studying the history of the Greek and Roman republics should be mandatory in American classrooms. Unfortunately, our failed public education system has indoctrinated three generations of Socialist lemmings who just cannot fathom the lessons of history. (When did high schoolers stop […]
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Gene Lyons: Sometimes, the best response is no response
Anybody who writes opinion columns needs to grow a thick skin. As a native of New Jersey, aka “The Insult State,” I come by mine naturally. Personal invective there is an art form. If being called bad names made you cry, you couldn’t drive to the grocery store without your mommy. So I don’t quite […]
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David Shribman: Boston police strike of 1919 still raises fundamental questions
BOSTON — Official government documents often are masterpieces of deadened prose, but few contain an understatement quite like this sentence, from the Annual Report of the Police Department for the City of Boston, issued at the end of 1919: “It is unfortunate that there were no provisions of law adequate to meet the circumstances of […]
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Who does Trump think he’s fooling?
Editor, I just finished watching President Trump’s rally in North Carolina on television and found it amazing that the audience allowed him to degrade Mark Sanford, another Republican candidate for president, and actually cheered Trump on when he attacked Sanford for infidelity. This is the epitome of hypocritical thinking. It’s no secret that Trump himself […]
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Jospeh Horton: Is polyamory limitless or limiting?
The Gottman Institute is one of the premiere organizations promoting evidence-based approaches to couple/marital relationships. The institute notes that it has“developed an approach that not only supports and repairs troubled marriages and committed relationships but strengthens happy ones.” The approach has been used with both opposite sex and same-sex couples, but the focus has always […]
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An obvious prediction
Editor, Byron York’s column “2020 Democrat also-rans should quit the race,’ which is brilliant as always, omitted one obvious prediction: The Democratic Party nominee in 2020 will be Michelle Obama. Bank on it. Rufus T. Firefly Biddeford
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Harold Pease: Why the Dependent Class Should Fear Socialism
As government controls more portions of the economy, democracy transcends to socialism. Sometime in this transition democracy ceases to be democracy although the term continues to be used, and no-one can identify that moment when it is too late to pull free. So why should the dependent class, defined as the approximately 47 percent who […]
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