Sen. Susan Collins should not be trying to replace a Senate impeachment trial with censure. Donald Trump is an American citizen and was the American president, who took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the United States. The lies he told for months on end and the insurrection he encouraged on Jan. […]
2021
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: People of color owed debt of gratitude
Welcome February, the month we set aside to celebrate, among other things, Black history. This is the month that posters go up with quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., units are taught about Frederick Douglass and conversations are had about the remarkable Harriet Tubman. With good cause. Legal slavery is, historically speaking, still recent. What’s […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Republicans should renounce sedition
What happened on Jan. 6 demands a reckoning from people like syndicated columnist Marc A. Thiessen.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Social media platforms must be held accountable
Here is something I agree with former President Donald Trump about: We need to do something about Section 230. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 is a federal statute that provides immunity for social media websites that publish libelous material. Other publishers have no such immunity: If I defamed you in this […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Congress could use an arcane section of the 14th Amendment to hold Trump accountable for Capitol attack
Until recently, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was an obscure part of the U.S. Constitution. The amendment is better known for its first section, which guaranteed individual rights and equality following the abolition of slavery. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was created to tackle a different problem related to the Civil War: insurrection. […]
Posted inTimes Record
The Recycle Bin: To burn or to compost?
I was recently asked whether it’s better to burn a pile of brush or compost it. My research suggests that composting is far better. Burning produces CO2 directly while composting releases methane (which is actually a more dangerous greenhouse gas) but in much smaller doses. The research suggests that a pound of compost would emit […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Anti-union ‘training’ takes MMC nurses away from their real work
A pandemic is not the time to make their jobs more difficult.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Statewide buffet line no substitute for solid Maine vaccine rollout
Businesspeople know that hope and aspiration aren’t a plan. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and its director, Dr. Nirav Shah, did magnificently last year keeping us informed; thus, I expected a plan of execution, not a vaccine lottery come Jan. 1. Everybody knows that Maine has the oldest demographic. Being over age […]