Triston Casas hits a two-run homer in the first inning as the U.S. beats the Dominican Republic 3-1 in an elimination game.
2021
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: If these conservatives were honest, they’d admit that blue lives don’t matter to them
Will people like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham ever be able to muster empathy for the cops who defended the Capitol?
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: American politics are not (yet) broken
President Biden’s success with the infrastructure bill shows that the median voter theorem still holds.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Christine Flowers: Offense and controversy are necessary in a free society
The other day, someone reminded me that I had a public Facebook page entitled “Christine Flowers, Columnist and Radio Host.” I rarely post there, which is why I’d almost forgotten about it. My old editor had suggested I create a public page after stalkers and people who didn’t like what I wrote (almost exclusively readers […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: By reopening to the public, Portland library is returning to our mission
Welcoming you all back into our building makes it clear that we are all responsible for keeping each other healthy, safe and informed.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Three Portland restaurants lead the way on vaccine proof
Other businesses are going to need to follow their lead, as COVID spreads among stubborn vaccine skeptics.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Peter Funt: Taking time to think about time
We’ve often heard that time is money, but in these stressed-out days it’s more than that. Time is increasingly a key to well-being, creatively and emotionally. My sister, Juliet, has taken the time — a lot of it in recent years — to study the topic and has written a book with her insight and […]
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Portland welcomes Brickyard Hollow; Rivalries closes temporarily
Flour Bakery comes to Kennebunkport, it’s chili cook-off time, and Annie Mahle has a new cookbook.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Very few politicians equipped to carry out Jan. 6 inquiry
We (The People) have done it again by allowing politicians to get involved in something of such national importance as the investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection. Regardless of party affiliation, very few of our elected politicians have the intelligence, fortitude and moral commitment to undertake such a task. I fear that this will have […]
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Letter to the editor: Nobody has ‘right to remain unvaccinated’
Re: “Among vaccinated, a growing anger at those who resist” (Aug. 1, Page A1): Your article about the divide between COVID-vaccinated Mainers and those who are not includes this, in the ninth paragraph: “Still others are adamant about their constitutional right to remain unvaccinated … . ” To be clear: Nowhere in the United States […]