As Tony Bennett has shown us, Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t dim the gift of or the joy in music.
2021
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Internet connectivity that just works will help Maine thrive
One key step is to chart internet quality. The ISPs won’t tell us the truth – the Maine Broadband Coalition needs to hear from you.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: I’m here for Maine Med’s nurses
They have healed my family many times – if they want a union, they have my full and complete support.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Black History Month: Schools were segregated in the North, too
The battles of the civil rights era were also fought outside the Jim Crow South.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Britney Spears and the trauma of being young, female and famous in the ’90s
It’s become pretty trendy, re-litigating the headline controversies of the late ’90s and early 2000s. Netflix’s “The Crown” recently revisited the royal English intrigue of Prince Charles and Princess Diana; ESPN’s “The Last Dance” told the behind-the-scenes story of the other most famous dynasty of the time, the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls. Slate’s “Slow Burn” […]
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Jim Fossel: 2022 could be a race between two governors
Former Gov. Paul LePage is the likely Republican nominee to challenge Gov. Mills, if he wants to run.
Posted inBooks
Bedside Table: John Le Carré’s last book
“Right now I’m reading ‘Agent Running in the Field,’ by the recently deceased John LeCarré. It’s his final work, and I bought it last year but hadn’t read it yet, so when I heard of LeCarré’s passing right before Christmas I wanted to read this, his last book. In this era of shifting truths, loss […]
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A mother strains to hold her family together in a crisis
In ‘Landslide,’ a father’s fishing accident sets the scene for Susan Conley’s terrific new novel.
Posted inFood, Recipes
If loving a piping hot chocolate lava cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right
Two versions. We went with the easier one.