Directly following the 2020 election, Republicans seemed to be through with Donald Trump. Party leaders stopped speaking to him and voters began abandoning the GOP, apparently in reaction to Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Recently, things have changed. Republicans are once again aligning with Trump, even to the point of alienating GOP […]
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Christine Flowers: Free speech extends to students, too
One of the first cases I studied at Villanova was Tinker v. Des Moines, a seminal case in free speech and student’s rights. In December of 1965, the week I turned four, a group of high school students in Des Moines Iowa decided to wear black armbands to class in protest of the Vietnam War. […]
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Rich Manieri: We can change the language of abortion, but not the reality
We use euphemisms to soften reality. We do it all the time when forced to discuss things we would rather not discuss or even acknowledge. Death comes to mind. I’ve completed an exhaustive study and determined that death affects one out of one human beings. Still, we’d rather not talk about it or we try […]
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Guest column: It’s imperative Mainers take control of our electricity needs
In a recent column, Douglas Rooks lamented the poor performance of Central Maine Power (“The Maine Idea: Regulation, not takeover, a better answer for CMP,” June 24). He concluded we can make CMP a good working partner through better regulation. History and the current situation say otherwise. It is up to us to examine the […]
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The 12U Ararat Cal Ripken all-star team is showing experience is key in state tournament
The close-knit group made a run to New Englands three years ago, and it hopes to do so again this summer.
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Michael Reagan: Did I really hear Biden say that?
Last week, did I hear the president of the United States say Americans need to get F-15s and nukes if we really want to keep the government in line? I did hear it. Biden apparently was trying to make fun of us “gun nuts” who say Americans need the protections of the Second Amendment to […]
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John Micek: These moms lost sons to gun violence. They want help.
Tina Ford understands the toll of gun violence like few of us ever will. She lives with it every day. In April 2019, her, son, Armani Ford, a local high school football legend, was shot and killed in his hometown of Clairton, Pa., a steel town in the Monogahela River Valley, just south of Pittsburgh. […]
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Cal Ripken baseball state tournaments are under way
The 10U state tournament is being played in Sidney while the 12Us are in Auburn.
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Letter: Carbon Dividend can help correct Maine ecosystem
Summer in Maine is undoubtedly our best season, as the throngs of tourists coming “from away” can attest. While much of our natural landscape is wonderful, blackflies, ticks and now a surge of browntail moths make enjoying the outdoors less pleasant. Milder winters and early springs as a result of climate change impact our flora […]
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David Treadwell: Maine State Music Theatre stars will return to shine
Imagine this scenario. You’re sitting in the audience at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus. You haven’t experienced the thrill of live theater for almost a year and a half. Stars from past Maine State Musical Theatre shows stand right behind the curtain, like race horses at the starting gate. They’re as thrilled […]