Donald Trump’s critics sometimes compare him to a man whose name arouses a strongly negative reaction. They usually refer to Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler, who used his 1933 democratic election to quickly end democracy. But Hitler was an historic monster, so that comparison goes too far. The better parallel could see Trump as “The Man […]
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LC Van Savage: On the ‘getting old’ thing
Hi again everyone — I’m so happy to be back with The Times Record again. In truth I’ve aged a bit since my last column appeared although I prefer to use the “a bit” words a bit loosely. As the years have gone swiftly by, like so many of us living in Geezerland, without especially […]
By Bike and Foot: Books on bikes
It’s summertime, the best time of year to take to the roads and trails on your bike, or to while away the hours with a good book. That’s why the Brunswick Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee collaborated with the wonderful staff of Curtis Memorial Library to bring readers a Bike Book List. There’s something for […]
Just a Little Old: Helping others through illness
Sometimes forces combine to put the right person in the right place at the right time to make a positive difference in the world. Here’s a shining example. Myrna Koonce has had more than her share of being around hospitals over the last 30 years, both as a patient and a family member. Her mother […]
Commentary: Kidnapping hoax should not distract us from real issue of missing Black women, girls
Real missing-person reports may elicit skepticism because of an Alabama woman’s false kidnapping tale.
Giving Voice: Up against the odds – revisiting family homelessness
Four years ago, in July 2019, our Giving Voice article “The realities of family homelessness” by Annie Rose, described what it might be like for a family to survive in their car in the summer heat, with no room at the local shelter, and the harsh daily hurdles the family would have to overcome to […]
Carl Golden: Why are Democrats even acknowledging RFK Jr.?
In the Democrat’s stepped-up offensive against presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a faint whiff of panic is in the air, a stirring of concern that no good can come from one of the nation’s most storied political names lingering on the fringes of the party’s President Biden re-election strategy. Conventional wisdom has it that […]
The Maine Idea: Get ready for Referendum Madness
Maine has a problem with its initiative and referendum system no one wants to talk about. It’s simple: twice in the past seven years, voters have approved questions that turned out to be unconstitutional in whole or in part. Unlike other states, including Massachusetts, from which it inherited its basic constitutional arrangements, Maine has no […]
Maine Voices: Joining Zero Foodprint has changed my life as a small-business owner
Their model is to pay farmers to practice regenerative agriculture to sequester carbon, which is good for the soil and for the climate.
Commentary: Deadly heat shouldn’t be a curiosity. It’s a disaster and a tragedy.
Among the weather-related hazards made worse by climate change, extreme heat is the No. 1 killer, responsible for an estimated 3,900 deaths in California from 2010 to 2019.
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