VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has met with director Martin Scorsese, whose new film, “Silence,” about Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan, was screened this week in Rome. The Vatican says that during the pontiff ’s “very cordial” meeting Wednesday with Scorsese, Francis mentioned he had read the novel on which the film is based. Francis is […]
December 2016
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LETTERS
Reaching Out This is a fearful time for many following the election. Brunswick Friends Meeting (Quakers) would like to encourage everyone who is dismayed by intolerance to join us in reaching out to asylum seekers, immigrants, Muslims, minorities and the LGBT community. Members of our Meeting will be looking for contact information for these groups […]
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Words spoken cannot be recalled. — from “He Knew He Was Right” by Anthony Trollope
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Small states gain from Electoral College
Abolish the Electoral College? It’s under attack, mainly because Hillary Clinton won the popular vote nationally but, thanks to the electoral vote, lost to President elect Donald Trump. To many people, it seems unfair to deny the popular will. This is the fifth presidential election out of 58 in which more people voted for the […]
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New Life in the Center
Over the past few decades, party loyalty has been the defining feature of national politics. Especially in the House but even in the Senate, members deferred to their party leaders. Congress as a whole deferred to the presidency. Members of the president’s own party acted as his foot soldiers. Members of the other party acted […]
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The Populist and His Crew of Billionaires
A cabinet populated by bankers and wealthy insiders. A $1 million premier package of tickets to the presidential inauguration in January. And a posh dinner with Mr. 47 Percent, himself, Mitt Romney. If his earliest actions are any guide, America’s incoming chief executive isn’t so much draining Washington’s swamp as he is refilling it with […]
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Making America Greater: Part I
Like many (not all) readers of this column, I was thrown into a funk by the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Yet I emerged determined to make America greater than ever. Let me explain. Remember the words of Maya Angelou: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.” Donald […]
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2016. There are 29 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On Dec. 2, 1816, the first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business. On this date In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French. In […]