Glass half empty or half full? Same glass, opposite viewpoint. That is how I see columnist Edgar Allen Beem’s screed, “The selfish minority” (May 8) because otherwise I cannot understand his view that Americans who think it is time to re-open the economy are selfish. From my point of view, it is selfish not to […]
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The Universal Notebook: Do we really have to believe all women?
For reasons probably having to do variously with male lust, human nature and political dirty tricks, allegations of sexual misconduct seem to surface predictably when a political candidate rises to the top of the heap. Often these allegations are decades old, but they get reheated if it looks as though a man may advance to […]
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Letter: All aboard for Balentine’s ‘freedumb’ train
So the pandemic is over and the pandumbic has started. Mr. Balentine’s Freedumb Shopping Train from Wuhan, China, has arrived right on schedule (“Give us liberty, or give us death,” May 8). Apparently not enough people have died (73,000 and counting) to satisfy Mammon (the Republicans’ true god). While Patrick Henry’s “Give me shopping, or […]
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Letter: Balentine far off base on herd immunity, quarantines
Reading John Balentine’s “Lockdown madness must end” (April 24) was just sad on so many levels – the lack of science behind the assertion of herd immunity, the callousness of indefinitely quarantining older people (more than 20% of our population in Maine) so that out-of-state tourists (from states with far greater risks of COVID-19 exposure) […]
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Here’s Something: Pandemic exposing liberal lies, Part I
Mainers have heard their fair share of cockamamie stories, hair-brained schemes and far-fetched ideas, but never have so many silly notions been exposed for the outright lies they are than during the coronavirus pandemic. There have been so many untruths advanced by the liberal mainstream media and the Democratic Party for so many decades now, […]
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The Universal Notebook: Things have been worse
In case you didn’t know it, the 1918 Spanish flu was far worse than the coronavirus. As of this writing, some 76,000 Americans, including 62 people in Maine, have died of COVID-19. In 1918, 675,000 Americans died of the Spanish flu, including 5,000 Mainers. The Spanish flu was something of a misnomer for an influenza […]
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The Universal Notebook: The selfish minority
A recent Quinnipiac University poll found the vast majority of Americans – 68% of Republicans and 95% of Democrats – support stay-at-home orders in order to protect vulnerable citizens from the coronavirus. And then there is that selfish minority that refuses to be inconvenienced in order to protect others. I have never referred to Donald […]
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Here’s Something: Give us liberty, or give us death
Founding Father Patrick Henry’s famous words still ring true today as Mainers’ personal and economic liberties are trampled by an overreaching state intent on preventing further deaths by the coronavirus. “Give me liberty, or give me death” is what Henry said to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, helping to motivate the American […]
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The Universal Notebook: Happy (belated) Earth Day!
If I had been on the ball, this column would have appeared last week, just in time for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. But I’m getting old and forgetful. On Wednesday, April 22, in order to atone for this oversight, my lovely wife Carolyn and I walked around the middle school playing field behind […]
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Here’s Something: Maine ingenuity aiding coronavirus fight
Many residents would probably be surprised with just how much manufacturing is taking place in Maine. Sure, we hear a lot about well known, large scale operations such as L.L.Bean, Poland Spring and General Dynamics, which are awe inspiring and jaw dropping in scope, but we have many small and medium sized companies providing awesome […]