Discrimination of any kind is unacceptable. The marchers are right to call for police reform and the end of racism. But I believe their shouted slogans quixotic fulfillment minimal. Speakers should be careful with their demands. Can you imagine the impact of defunding or disbanding the police? Nurses are volunteers and schooled to cure. Firemen […]
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Gordon Weil: COVID-19 a real danger, not partisan talking point
COVID-19 is a bad dream, and we’ll soon wake up. That is the false claim of President Trump and many of his top supporters who say that we are already emerging from that dream and should get on with life as it was before our coronavirus nightmare. Vice President Pence has been trying to sell […]
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Letters: CMP spends while others struggle
CMP spends while others struggle Families and businesses throughout Maine are struggling to get through these difficult economic times, yet CMP is spending money like there’s no tomorrow to promote its proposed powerline, the so-called “New England Clean Energy Connect.” I’ve seen countless TV ads, glossy flyers in the mail, digital ads on my phone, […]
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Commentary: Hydro-Quebec spokesman silent on drawbacks of ‘deal with the devil’ power
Mainers have good reason to vote this fall to overturn regulatory approval of CMP’s western Maine corridor.
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Sen. Timberlake: Gideon focusing on U.S. Senate campaign at expense of Maine people’s needs
The Maine House speaker wants the federal government to step up COVID recovery efforts when she hasn’t lifted a finger here.
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Our View: Juneteenth offers reckoning on race
The holiday marking the end of American slavery is an occasion to consider the still unfulfilled promises of freedom.
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Maine Voices: Despite no ‘coach,’ Team America learning to recognize, tend to racism’s wounds
Taking a knee during a peaceful Portland protest echoes a respectful ritual from youth soccer games.
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Tom Purcell: The blessings of having a stubborn father
My father’s mission was to tame the stupidity out of me – a powerful blessing too few children are experiencing now. My dad had his work cut out for him. Over the years, I shattered a picture window with a baseball, accidentally broke neighbors’ lamp posts and once hit a golf ball through a neighbor’s […]
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John L. Micek: Trump isn’t even trying to be our president
Donald Trump isn’t even trying to be president of the United States anymore. Well, at least not the president of the side that won the Civil War. Instead, Trump said it was a “beautiful scene,” when National Guard soldiers used tear gas to disperse American citizens exercising their First Amendment rights to call for police […]
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Letters: The call of the census
The census challenge The 2020 Census is here and is counting everyone living in the United States as of April 1, 2020. If you live here, you are counted! Achieving a complete count for Harpswell and every other community in Maine requires each household to respond. The accuracy of this count affects how billions of […]