Greg Kesich’s Feb. 28 column, “Pro-gun faithful treat debate over gun policy more like a holy war,” is compelling in its case for gun reform and provocative in illuminating how gun ideology can become “a kind of religion.” There is, thankfully, another kind of religion altogether, and it can see us through our deadlock. There […]
March 2018
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Climate change effects are increasing hazards for birds
I study birds for a living – I’m a wildlife biologist – and I love my job, because birds are truly amazing creatures. For example, a veery is a rust-colored thrush smaller than a robin, with a beautiful song. One veery, which sang near the Presumpscot River last summer, spent the previous winter in Brazil. […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Bus merger should eye future, not the past
Officials must focus on the social and environmental benefits of better mass transit.
Posted inBill Nemitz, News, Politics
Bill Nemitz: The cure for bad office holders is good candidates to run against them
Maine saw two examples this week of the disturbing things that can happen when a candidate runs unopposed.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Expensive tax overhaul wrong move for Maine
Lawmakers should not use federal tax changes as an excuse to blow up the next state budget.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Why not turn a snow day into a work-at-home day for students, teachers?
Staying at home because of bad weather is not a reason to avoid a productive instructional day.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Dana Milbank: Trump, a purger, could take lessons from the film ‘The Purge’
In the movie, the government provides a 12-hour period once a year when any crime is legal.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
What about free speech? Or, how I got banned by the Portland Press Herald
The legacy media’s defense of the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech is not quite what it should be.
Posted inWakeup Weather
Wake Up Weather – March 15, 2018
We’ll see cloudy skies today with some lingering light snow across the region as our latest nor’easter slowly exits.
Posted inTimes Record
Fishermen discuss challenges of job
WEST BATH Local fishermen face numerous challenges, but at the end of the day, it’s a job to be celebrated. That was the message sent by three Midcoast fishermen during a panel discussion on Sunday, as they shared their perspectives on the industry. The conversation was hosted by the Sagadahoc Democrats and facilitated by Sen. […]