2017
Tax Bill Would Help Small Business Owners
Misinformation is currently circulating in the media about how the Senate’s recently passed tax reform will affect ordinary Americans and small businesses. Entrepreneurship author Rhonda Abrams recently wrote in a USA Today article that the tax reform bill is contributing to “a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month for small businesses.” The New York […]
Donald J. Trump and the ‘Know Nothings’
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: A Know-Nothing mob, led by a street preacher, caused a riot and burned down Bath’s South Church on July 6, 1854 — perhaps the most embarrassing incident in the city’s long history. The Protestant church had been rented by Catholics as a place of worship, and the Know Nothing party was […]
LETTERS
Collins Should Vote Down Tax Bill The truth is out. The tax bill before the Congress steals from the poor and gives to the rich. It is cruel and fraudulent. Sen. Susan Collins has the opportunity to defend the honor of Maine by liberating herself from the party of Trump, LePage and Roy Moore. She […]
Today’s Highlight in History
On Dec. 19, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to camp for the winter.
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Karen,” loves to sing karaoke along with many others, most of whom are vocally challenged. Listening to some of them can be grueling when we go out. Karen knows many of these “performers,” and when they finish, she goes and tells them what a great job they’ve done. When I asked […]
Calm days bring gains on giant Southern California wildfire
LOS ANGELES Firefighters took advantage of calm winds in Southern California to reach 50 percent containment of a massive wildfire, officials said. “We’ve had a very productive day,” said Deputy Chief Mark Brown of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protections. “The weather conditions were just right for us.” Monday was the first of […]