We don’t seem to know the answer, which is why I find the patriotic holidays intensely frustrating.
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Our View: A budget that works for Maine families is a budget worth passing
The Legislature should support the bipartisan spending plan passed last week by the Appropriations Committee.
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Commentary: Debunking of COVID lab-leak theory has enraged conspiracy theorists. Good.
The long-awaited intelligence report also serves as a reproach to the news organizations that bought into the theory, despite the utter lack of evidence for it.
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Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills’ influence is shrinking
It looks to me like progressives have started working around Maine’s governor rather than working to gain her support.
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Commentary: Bipartisan reform advances Maine solar while protecting Maine ratepayers
The proposal we support will not end net energy billing. Nor will it destroy solar expansion in Maine.
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The humble Farmer: The graying of the Midcoast Maine workforce
Years ago, my father and two of my aunts – all immigrants – helped make up for the shortage of young people. Now we’re hiring retirees to do home projects.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Rent control laws do not build rental housing in Portland
Instead, consider more stringent regulation of Airbnbs, more investment in public housing and changing land use codes to allow more low- and moderate-income housing.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Joe Guzzardi: Teachers quitting over COVID fallout, overcrowding
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the most trusted barometer of children’s classroom progress, has just delivered bad but expected news. Post COVID-19 lockdown testing found that kids are going backwards in both reading and math. Thirteen-year-olds who took the NAEP test during the 2022-2023 school year performed at lower levels in math and […]
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Peter Funt: Biden parodies strike out
If TV writers had been on strike during the run up to the 1976 election, it’s possible that Gerald Ford wouldn’t have lost to Jimmy Carter. Ford was a punching bag for NBC’s new “Saturday Night” (later “Saturday Night Live”) beginning with its debut when Chevy Chase coined a campaign slogan for Ford: “If he’s […]
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Just a Little Old: A rewarding life journey, a final farewell
As an undergraduate at Hobart College, Dick Brautigam had the opportunity to make a presentation to the French Club. One young lady caught his eye. “She was wearing a red sweater,” he recalls. “She was so beautiful. I went up to her after the talk and bummed her last cigarette.” That move marked the beginning […]