Editor, On Wednesday, June 6, known as “D-Day,” the new “Heroes Wall” was unveiled at the Volk Packaging Corporation. There are over 200 plaques on the wall. There are men and women who have served in the military. You can have a picture of the person honored, their name, branch of service, military awards and […]
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Dayton takes a historic leap
Editor, Dayton, my hometown, takes a giant leap into the future! Within another week, we will have a full-fledged traffic circle in the center of our town. It seems like only yesterday when, as a child, I was at the town meeting at our school and the town was discussing whether they should continue to […]
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Seetha Srinivasan: Should the United States welcome immigrants?
One of the most unfortunate side effects of the identification of the Boston Marathon bombers was that they were tagged as immigrants. According to their own uncle, they were disaffected “losers” who couldn’t make it in America. This fed into the myth that most immigrants to this country are “deadbeats,” rather than people looking for […]
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Harold Pease: Please don’t call me conservative or liberal
Please understand, I am deeply offended when called either conservative or liberal. These are traps for the ignorant who wish to reduce my years of serious contemplation to a word so that a part of my readers can praise me (“Well done! “ “You are one of us!”). And the other part can dismiss me […]
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Increase funding to the extreme poor
Editor, As a proud, privileged and hardworking citizen of the state of Maine and the United States of America I want to remind my fellow citizens that that they have a duty to the starving, sick and unsheltered all around the world. There is a misconception that the U.S. gives much more than the 1 […]
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Paul Kengor: Remembering an assassination that shook America
It was 50 years ago that a shocking moment of violence rocked America: the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. The tragedy erupted shortly after midnight June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It should have been a great night for RFK. He had just achieved a grand victory, having won California in […]
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Sure nice to be here right now
Our day is filled with heat at this time of year. It commands our attention and makes our work harder. As we toil, we daydream not about love or success, but things as mundane as shade and a cool drink. But though the oppressive heat weighs on our brains and taxes our bodies, it is […]
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Gordon Weil: Federal officials ignore constitutional traditions
President Trump asserts he has an “absolute right to pardon himself.” No president has ever pardoned himself, though the right of the president to issue pardons for federal crimes is found in the Constitution. The Constitution is a broad statement of principles about the federal government and the separation of powers among the three branches […]
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Byron York: On North Korea, a president who tried something different
Reaction to President Trump’s summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has broken down along the usual Trump-anti-Trump divisions. The truth is, it will take a while before it’s clear whether the summit achieved anything or not. But give the president credit for trying a new approach to an intractable problem. Trump had no […]
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Dr. James Burns: An iconic tribute to symbol of freedom on Flag Day
I’ve been to the moon. I’ve been burned. But more often I’m honored. I’m your American flag. With 13 stars for colonies clamoring for freedom, I was first flown at Fort Stanwix in New York in 1777—and then carried into battle for the first time at Brandywine in Pennsylvania. By war’s end, I was saluted […]
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