MSAD75 board made the right call on masks As a parent of two elementary school children, I commend the MSAD 75 School Board for making the difficult decision to require masks indoors for the start of the school year. Personally, I believe the sooner we can move past the need for masks — especially for […]
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Football notebook: Midcoast teams prepping for regular season openers
Brunswick navigating through low turnout issues, while Morse faces an interesting schedule full of long bus trips.
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Commentary: Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go?
Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty U.S. withdrawal have provoked an international outcry. As of Aug. 22, 2021, some 6,000 U.S. troops were working to evacuate U.S. military, American citizens and Afghans who are approved for Special Immigrant Visas. SIVs are a special program to protect Afghans […]
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Commentary: Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender
The swift collapse of the Afghan military in recent days caught many in the U.S. by surprise, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the months after President Joe Biden’s April 2021 announcement of the troop withdrawal, intelligence reports warned that the Afghan military might not fight on its own, opening the […]
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Michael Reagan: The high price of Biden’s blunder in Kabul
So what else could President Biden possibly screw up? Our commander in chief and his woke generals have blown the evacuation of Kabul so badly that even CNN and MSNBC have had to cover it. For the last month, Biden assured us that when our military left Kabul it wasn’t going to be a humiliation […]
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Treadwell: The GOP stands with the insurrectionists
“As I was swarmed by a violent mob, they ripped off my badge, they grabbed and stripped me of my radio, they seized a munition that was secured to my body. They began to beat me with their fists and what felt like a hard metal object.” — Michael Fanone, Capitol Police Officer “You hear […]
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Census shows new trends favor Democrats
America’s worst kept secret just came out. It’s the Census, mandated by the Constitution to be conducted every ten years to set the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives each state gets. Its purpose is political, and the pundits are now having a fine time with it. It’s a poorly kept secret […]
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Rooks: Canada is the first test for pandemic politics
If you don’t look closely, things seem back to normal at Old Orchard Beach, one of Maine’s most famous summer resorts. The pier is crowded, there are “no vacancy” signs on many motels, and masks are still optional. But it isn’t the same: There are almost no Canadians, especially the Quebecois whose language is a […]
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The Conversation: America’s moral responsibility for the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan
THE CONVERSATION — Chaotic scenes in Kabul accompanied the return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The fundamentalist Islamic group was able to retake power after President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the remaining U.S. troops from the country. The withdrawal brings to a close nearly 20 years of American military presence in Afghanistan. Without the ongoing […]
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Intertidal: Common ground between old and new sea power
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a bit about the different types of boats that can be seen on Casco Bay on a busy summer day. There are watercraft of all different sizes and shapes that are powered by a variety of paddle, sail and motor. Typically, we think of working commercial boats as […]