This year has been difficult for everyone in the community, but even more challenging for those experiencing homelessness. Not only are those experiencing homelessness battling hurdles to find permanent housing, but their regular hurdles have become mountains due to COVID-19. One of the most impactful opportunities for the community is to support local organizations that […]
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Gordon Weil: Trump, master of ‘whataboutism’
America has a bad case of “whataboutism.” Here’s how it works. Democrats say: President Trump has completely bungled the coronavirus pandemic. Trump answers: What about the way Obama-Biden mishandled the swine flu? Conclusion: The Democrats screwed up the swine flu years ago, making their criticism of Trump’s handling of COVID-19 false. In another case: Former […]
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David Treadwell: Master of the stage
It takes guts for a starting linebacker on a high school football team to drop football because the coach won’t give him the flexibility to participate in rehearsals for the high school production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” David Girolmo, an audience favorite at the Maine State Music Theatre, faced that exact dilemma when […]
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Letters: Vote Daughtry; Vote Lyons; Collins loses voter’s support
Vote Daughtry I have great confidence that Mattie Daughtry is the right person to represent District 24 (Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, North Yarmouth, and Pownal) in the Maine State Senate, especially as Maine struggles with the pandemic and the economic woes that are accompanying efforts to contain the virus. Mattie’s eight years of service and leadership […]
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Commentary: Amy Coney Barrett may be the next woman on the Supreme Court – but does a nominee’s gender matter?
President Donald Trump has so far appointed fewer women as federal judges than any president since Ronald Reagan. In the Senate confirmation hearings now underway for Amy Coney Barrett, Republican senators have repeatedly pointed out that the president is appointing a woman to the Supreme Court. I am a scholar of the politics of courts […]
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Commentary: Political bias in media doesn’t threaten democracy — other, less visible biases do
Charges of media bias – that “the media” are trying to brainwash Americans by feeding the public only one side of every issue – have become as common as the hope that the presidential race will end safely … and soon. As a political scientist who has examined media coverage of the Trump presidency and […]
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Football: Lisbon finds some comfort in different kind of season, despite no chance at defending its Class D crown
The Greyhounds welcomed another state champ, Leavitt, for a 7-on-7 flag game, and also honored its seniors Thursday.
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Dick Polman: Flailing Trump thinks time travel will rescue his campaign
Maybe you remember this Trump gem from 2016: “I think (Hillary) was out there with classified information. She was giving it to anybody. And the FBI did nothing about it…The top people were scum, absolute scum.” Fooled you! Trump didn’t say that in 2016. He said it on Fox News over the weekend. Why? Because […]
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Letters: How schools can spend COVID funds wisely; Voting for the kids; Support for the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act; Vote Horch
How schools can spend COVID funds wisely The Sun Journal reported on Oct. 6 that school districts across Maine may wind up leaving a big chunk of the coronavirus relief money they got this year on the table because they can’t spend it fast enough. Our youth are losing their connection to nature at an […]
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Local roundup: Brunswick field hockey edges Morse
Richmond girls soccer comes up short to Monmouth.
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