What will be President Donald Trump’s lasting legacy? Long after the dust settles on his four years as president, how will historians view his term in office? Honest, non-partisan reflection will likely note it with one word: complex. But while we wait for history’s permanent verdict on Trump, how should we Americans who lived through […]
January 2021
Posted inTimes Record
The Recycle Bin: Face masks and pollution
We know from science that wearing face masks helps prevents the spread of Covid. If they fit tightly around the nose and mouth, they can help protect both the wearer and others around them, so the question is what is the best material to use in masks? Single-use disposable masks are the most common but […]
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Shame on Thiessen for letting right-wing journalists evade blame
The gall of Washington Post columnist Marc A. Thiessen! The temerity! After writing a perfectly cogent commentary (“In attack on the Capitol, Trump has blood on his hands,” Jan. 8, Page A13), he concludes by suggesting it’s the “lamestream” media responsible for Wednesday’s desecration. You know, as if the Steele dossier and the Russian investigation […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Addressing fraud at the polls is not voter suppression
Bethany Mulkern wrote, in a letter in the Jan. 7 Portland Press Herald, “that a contingent of congressional Republicans is attempting to suppress the will of the American people should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Republican voter-suppression efforts.” Last April Judicial Watch, a conservative, nonpartisan foundation, filed a suit to force Pennsylvania […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
In the Maine woods, preparations signal imminent start of CMP power line project
In court papers Monday, the developer says access road plowing started Monday and construction is expected to begin on or about Jan. 18.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Collins should challenge Trump’s lies
Mainers who voted for Donald Trump need to hear unequivocally from the whole congressional delegation that the 2020 election was aboveboard.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Seeing the immune-suppressed in the COVID pandemic
For people with invisible illnesses like Crohn’s disease to become a priority when vaccines are allocated, our stories need to be told.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Mob riots aren’t our only crisis. Jobs are evaporating while COVID deaths skyrocket
The country is sliding in more ways than one, and we can’t afford to ignore it.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Make truth-telling great again
Well. I chose a heck of a time to give up outrage, huh? I mean, giving up outrage for New Year’s and then having the week we had is like giving up sugar only to have a French patisserie open up next door. Because truly, the events of the past week, described by many (including […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Life Unwound: Letter of love
My mother died a year ago between Christmas and New Year’s. I’ve thought about her often and that song from the musical “Rent” keeps reappearing: “How do you measure a year? In daylights? In sunsets? In midnights? In cups of coffee? In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife?” How do we measure a life? […]