My first wife and I moved from Boston to New York City in the summer of 1967. We lived in a small apartment on the Upper East Side along with our son David, just 7 months old at the time. David soon learned that he could climb out of his crib, so we resorted to […]
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Your Land: What’s in your ‘shed?
I come warily to this writing. It is, after all, summer’s end, and with it, our turn toward winter. Still, Mere Brook and its watershed insist. “We’re central; we’re Brunswick,” they might say if given voice’s chance. Near the midsection of August, I sat in on a US Navy-convened meeting of interested parties that included […]
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Gordon Weil: Historic economic change is looming
The political campaign focuses on inflation. Somebody must be held responsible for high prices and even for a recession that hasn’t happened. Economic conditions could always be better. But right now, things may be better than they seem. And they’re surely different. First, some good news. The U.S. is the world economic superpower with the […]
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Commentary: Biden’s fight against inflation is failing homeowners
The president and congressional Democrats are relying on the Fed to bring down prices by raising interest rates.
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Commentary: A ‘yes’ on Portland’s Questions 2 and 3 is ‘yes’ to democracy
A vote for Question 2 is a vote for voter power, council power and accountable executives.
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Maine Voices: We have a rare opportunity to improve local libraries
A Senate appropriations bill includes $20 million in federal funding for library buildings nationally.
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Another View: Link between Hurricane Ian, climate change is undeniable
If events like this don’t rally Americans to the cause of essentially warding off future disaster, then we will lose far more lives than were lost in Florida this past week.
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John Micek: Social media companies need to turn down the heat
Baseless attacks by online trolls — whether anonymous or by well-known politicians and public figures — have created a cascade of hate, “underpinned by dangerous misinformation and outright lies against the LGBTQ+ community,” according to recently released research. That’s the top-line finding of a new report, jointly released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate […]
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The Maine Idea: On power corridor, ‘the law’s delay’ is getting out of hand
It’s going to be a tough winter. Maine’s average residential electricity rates have soared to 22 cents a kilowatt – equal to Massachusetts’s, which used to be higher – and a 47% increase over a year ago. If you heat with oil, it’s even more alarming – though gasoline prices have come down, heating oil […]
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Commentary: Why it matters that Gen Z voters are not a monolith
When you have a large group whose views diverge from major narratives, you need to pay attention.