We’re on the move again after months of COVID fears. For some, it’s been over two years since they’ve boarded a plane or booked a hotel room. It’s probably a prudent idea to review all of the things we need to think about before setting out. AARP recently suggested that travelers include the following items […]
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The Conversation: How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from history
THE CONVERSATION — Quraysh Ali Lansana is the director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa, part of a nationwide, community-based initiative to “plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.” He is also an author of […]
Harpswell charter school could shutter if consolidation bid gets rejected
Officials from Harpswell Coastal Academy announced on April 1 that they do not expect the Maine Charter School Commission to approve a plan to consolidate the institution’s two campuses.
Commentary: How Planned Parenthood has helped millions of women, including me
Planned Parenthood has allowed generations of low-income women to survive childbirth, to combat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and to plan their pregnancies. However, the fact that women live healthier and longer lives is not Planned Parenthood’s ultimate superpower. No, that is reserved for the legions of low-income women, including me, who now have been given […]
Connie Roberts, a 71-year-old powerlifter from Harpswell, breaking new ground
Roberts competes in her first state championship event, then sets a record in the process.
Commentary: Is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?
A human rights expert looks at the warning signs
Letter: We let Trump, Putin happen
As David Treadwell said in his commentary on March 25 (“As Putin goes, so goes Trump,”), “bad things happen when a megalomaniac takes control of a country.” Rightly so, the two megalomaniacs he chose to spotlight were Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, both woven from the same nihilistic cloth. The sad reality is that these […]
Michael Reagan: Boo hoo for Hollywood
What happened at the Academy Awards show really saddened me. After all, I’m a child of Hollywood as much as I am a child of politics. My mother Jane Wyman was a major player in Hollywood – best actress Oscar, two stars on the Walk of Fame, handprints in the cement in front of Grauman’s […]
Commentary: Afghan evacuees lack a clear path for resettlement in the U.S., 7 months after Taliban takeover
Russia’s war against Ukraine has resulted in more than 4 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country. The United States said on March 24, 2022, that it would welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. The Ukrainian refugee situation continues to overshadow another refugee crisis. That crisis stems from the U.S. military’s official withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. […]
Dick Polman: How much more evidence does Merrick Garland need to indict Trump?
If or when Merrick Garland bestirs himself to action, he’d do well to ponder the new federal court ruling that drops the hammer on coup conspirator John Eastman. On Monday, the case for indicting Donald Trump was succinctly framed and arguably wrapped in a bow. And this was without even knowing what Trump may have […]