Is it any wonder millennials have embraced more left-wing policies of wealth redistribution?
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump’s disciples succeed, once again, in shutting down the Capitol
Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the avatar of a much broader national failure to come to terms with what’s been happening in the last two years.
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Commentary: Our farmers need all the help they can get – that includes pesticides
Legislating against chemical agents regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency imperils already-struggling growers.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s Mother Nature’s world – we’re just living in it
As we reflect on memories of the ice storm of 1998, we watch the current roller-coaster weather leave our immediate surroundings in utter chaos.
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Commentary: What is it about Americans that makes us football addicts?
Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on the field Monday threw the brutality of the sport into sharp relief.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Ice storm of ’98 showed Mainers how life should be
When the disastrous storm hit, people stepped up to help others in ways large and small. We can and should tap into this spirit more often.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: The shameful return of earmarks
Earmarks are back and they’re costing American taxpayers a bundle. In case you’ve forgotten, earmarks, says FactCheck.org, “are government funds that are allocated by a legislator for a particular pet project, often without proper review.” Often attached to the 12 large appropriation bills that Congress by law is supposed to pass each year to fund […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Danny Tyree: Given up on your 2023 reading list yet?
“Time Enough at Last.” The new year reminds me of that classic “Twilight Zone” episode starring Burgess Meredith as a put-upon bookworm. (No, he wasn’t reading on the wing of an airplane! Get your episodes straight, with “The Twilight Zone Companion,” for Pete’s sake!) True bibliophiles are all the same. Whether our preference is studying […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s year in review
The theme of the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s 2022 annual report was “Rooted and Rising” – a perfect encapsulation of BTLT’s work over this past year. We remain firmly rooted in our core mission of conservation and stewardship and deeply committed to our most established and beloved programs – the Farmers’ Market at Crystal Spring Farm, […]
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Joe Guzzardi: Midterm voters refer to status quo, which is bad news
Voters are, to understate their mood, disenchanted with Congress. Yet paradoxically, voters re-elect, over and over, the same representatives they hold in dismally low esteem, consider ineffectual and out-of-touch. On average for 2022, about 80 percent of polling respondents disapproved of how congressional representatives handled their jobs. Many critics had previously claimed that underrepresentation of […]