The founder expresses frustration that more schools haven’t used the museum as an educational resource.
May 2014
Posted inNation & World
World Dispatches
caracas, Venezuela Residents of capital city face shortage of drinking water Residents of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, who already struggle to find toilet paper and deodorant, are facing a new shortage – drinking water. State water utility Hidrocapital this month started rationing water in the capital. Some areas of the city receive water service […]
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Posted inLife & Culture
Membership for Southern Baptists declines for seventh year
Weekly church attendance also decreased, along with the number of baptisms for the Protestant denomination.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Our View: Echo chamber ‘facts’ distort MaineCare debate
Advocates’ theories turn into policymakers’ truth as the information changes hands.
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Baker must make gay-wedding cake
His refusal in 2012 violated a civil rights law, Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission rules in siding with a judge.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Snowden reminds us not to put blind faith in government … or the media
The theft and publication of thousands of secrets posed a direct threat to our national security.
Posted inNation & World
Bantam’s paperback champ Oscar Dystel dies at 101
Oscar Dystel, who as head of Bantam Books rescued his company and helped revolutionize the publishing industry by bringing paperback editions of “The Catcher in the Rye,” “Jaws” and other top sellers to mass-market audiences, died Wednesday at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 101. His daughter, Jane Dystel, confirmed the death but did […]
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India’s Muslims wary of new premier
But they hope Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi will bring political and economic reforms.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: The ‘spoiler’ concept needs more scrutiny
The concept of the term “spoiler” needs examination. A recent poll had Gov. LePage and Rep. Mike Michaud, the Republican and Democratic candidates for governor, approximately tied. Independent Eliot Cutler was lagging behind at about half the poll numbers. This assumes that the number of votes this represents is enough to make the independent a […]
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Letter to the editor: Michaud’s view on VA has some merit, but president should not have to circumvent Congress
In the May 24 Press Herald (“VA scandal makes way into Maine governors race”), Rep. Mike Michaud “repeated calls made on the House floor for (President) Obama to sign an executive order implementing the reforms outlined in his bill. He made the request in a formal letter to the president Thursday. ‘I know the president […]