When it comes to climate change and renewable energy, there’s some good news, but a lot of bad news. Most people would probably agree that if we could produce energy without harming the environment and at lower cost than the traditional fuels, we should do it. But we keep running into problems making that virtually […]
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Village Idiot: Which ones are the really bad neighborhoods?
I visited Malta last year. You may have heard of their falcon. Malta is a country on three small islands between Sicily and Africa, almost dead-center in the Mediterranean. It’s about the size of Staten Island, but it’s an independent country and a member of the European Union. It is a very, very old country. […]
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Home Country: September arrives in all its glory
September. Our month of change. Our month of happy change. Once more we can stand the thought of wearing a sweater as the summer sun burns itself down. Once again we can think about a new year at school, a new teacher. Once again, the house is ours … and quiet during the day. September. […]
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David Shribman: Four challenges for the GOP
No one will recall the two weeks leading up to Labor Day 2019 as a turning point in the country’s political history. Vacationers left their lakeside retreats or ended their seashore holidays; parents bought school supplies or moved nervous first-year college students into freshly scrubbed dormitories. The markets fell, then recovered, then fell again. It […]
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Chenette’s column contained subliminal ‘dog whistles’
Editor, Regarding Justin’s Chenette’s column of Aug. 14, I offer the following thoughts. This heartfelt, inspirational sermon from our young state senator is flowery, feel-good prose indeed. Of course, reading between the lines reveals some subliminal “dog whistles” for a certain political agenda: • “All of us are immigrants” — All immigrants are welcome, including those […]
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2020 Democrat also-rans should quit the race
So far, four Democratic presidential candidates — Eric Swalwell, John Hickenlooper, Seth Moulton, Jay Inslee and Kirsten Gillibrand — have dropped out of the 2020 race. What is amazing is that the number is only four, and that 20 Democrats are still running. Of the 20 still in the race, 14 are polling below 2% […]
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Regarding Gordon Weil’s ‘Wealth and age gap threatens future’ column
Editor, In Gordon Weil’s “Wealth and age gap threatens future” column, the author makes the case that due to Maine’s aging population, we are threatened by a lack of workers, especially eldercare workers, and we need to solve this problem by recruiting more immigrants. It’s a Ponzi scheme. After bringing in immigrants to take care of us, what do we do […]
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Gene Lyons: Let’s not inflame racial tensions, they’re incendiary enough
I have this odd, puritanical quirk. I don’t think people should run for president by pitching racially inflammatory fables to voters. Republicans or Democrats. And no, I’m not talking about Donald J. Trump, although these days, they’re pretty much his stock-in-trade, along with crackpot conspiracy theories. This week it’s Google, the Federal Reserve and Fox […]
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Saco Food Pantry thanks sponsors for August food drive
Editor, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” ―Winston S. Churchill The Saco Food Pantry wishes to thank all those who made a donation to help the needy of Saco. We thank all the generous folks who gave food or cash donations at our Aug. 24 Food […]
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Mark W. Hendrickson: When humans don’t procreate
The “hook” of the story intrigued me: “This hasn’t happened in all of modern history…” An email from “The Crux” last month blared, “Global population growth to virtually stop by 2100.” According to a Pew Research Center analysis, “the world’s [human] population is expected to virtually stop growing by the end of this century, due […]
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