Customers and our communities should demand more from union-busting Starbucks and Chipotle.
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Maine Voices: Students think globally with help from Camden Conference
Through the nonprofit, I’ve discovered how to relate what I’ve learned in the Arctic to life in Maine in ways that are meaningful to the young people I teach.
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Jim Fossel: McCarthy’s ‘agenda’ does Republicans no favors
It turns out everything Kevin McCarthy is willing to commit to in policy can fit on one sheet.
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The Maine Millennial: Illegal immigration has America’s blessing
Politicians and big business benefit from undocumented immigrants in different ways.
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The humble Farmer: Unexpected parallels between dishwashers and newspaper columns
Not owning a dishwasher is like never shopping at a big-box store – it gives one a warm feeling of superiority.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Joe Guzzardi: GOP pins hopes on ‘commitment to America’
With seven weeks remaining before the 2022 midterm election, Republicans and Democrats have drawn their battle lines and staked out what each party considers their opponents’ political vulnerabilities. Last week, the Republicans released what it called a “Commitment to America” that included many oft-made, unfulfilled promises to its base. GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy […]
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The Giving Voice: Time for Tedford Housing to get a leg up
A few days ago, at the high school where I work, I bumped into a student carrying an armload of snacks from the social workers’ Free Cart down the hall. Anticipating a scolding, the student looked me in the eye and flatly asked, “Can I take these home to share with my family?” Their no-nonsense […]
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David Treadwell: Sen. Collins, your slips are showing
Senator Collins, we need to have a talk. You keep making errors in judgment, oblivious to your past mistakes. Let me explain. After President Trump’s first impeachment trial, you suggested that he had learned his lesson. Poppycock. Anyone who’s followed Trump’s lifelong habit of conning and lying knows that he is incorrigible. He blusters and […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Voter suppression in high gear for 2022 elections
Once upon a time, giant airplanes landed on an isolated and poor Pacific island, bringing wondrous gifts, yielding the Cargo Cult. Suddenly, during World War II, the American military arrived. A landing field was quickly laid out and aircraft flew in clothing and food the islanders had never seen. The cargo was military, but the […]
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Rep. Allison Hepler: Lobster fishery faces more risks
Lobster fishing has never been an easy way to make a living. Any economic endeavor that relies on natural forces and harvesting natural resources carries risk and uncertainties. As someone who represents coastal communities and as a member of the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee, I’ve learned this firsthand from the hard-working men and women in […]