As a journalist, I hear often about how “the media” distorts the news, and hence our understanding of the world and its many dilemmas. It’s hard to even know what “the media” is anymore, and – at least since the “fair and balanced” (not) network began broadcasting in 1987 – a dedication to facts, let […]
2021
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Court’s ruling on Texas abortion ban should embarrass Collins
I remember the cloudy fall afternoon, three years ago, when Sen. Susan Collins’ voice came on the radio. I was driving home from work on the back roads in Brunswick. The leaves were turning and starting to drop. After listening to her justify her vote for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, I was so distraught […]
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Vaccine opposition both causes death and blocks others from care
My husband, who recently lost his unvaccinated twin to COVID, is himself awaiting surgery – and I don’t want anti-vaccine caregivers anywhere near him.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
David Alexander, Gorham: Damariscotta, and the profits of the slave trade
The Lincoln County News started a discourse with the Damariscotta Historical Society story about old houses in my hometown. One, long ago torn down for a new highway, belonged to the Alexander Yates family: merchants, shippers and one missionary. Reportedly, they exported rum to western Africa “in exchange for profitable and valuable cargo.” That set […]
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins must work across aisle to protect voters’ rights
I feel like I’m in a dream, where I am screaming with no sound coming out. This is what it is like to watch voting rights being restricted all over the country. I don’t think I am alone. Many of us are watching future elections being fixed right now, and it’s terrifying. In 2006, Sen. […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Tom Purcell: Save water, shower with a bureaucrat?
If you’re like me, you enjoy few things more than a long, hot shower. Nothing loosens the muscles or washes your worries away better than gradually turning up the hot knob until you’re red as a boiled lobster. Unfortunately, the Biden administration intends to re-enact a federal regulation that will limit my ability to enjoy […]
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Letter to the editor: Time for Senate to give Dreamers path to citizenship
The House should urge the Senate’s passage of a budget resolution that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented young adults brought to the U.S. as children, also known as Dreamers. The House already approved a pathway to citizenship by passing the American Dream and Promise Act in March, yet no further legislative action has […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Vicki Sullivan, Portland: I never lived there, but Rumford’s the place that feels like home
Can a hometown be not the town you grew up in, but the town you feel the most at home in? If so, Rumford is that town for me. I grew up in South Portland and moved back for almost 10 years, but I don’t feel the attachment to it that I do to Rumford. Rumford […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: A safe, in-person school year is possible, but it requires sacrifice
Events in two central Maine districts show that schools can’t stay open without effective COVID precautions in place.
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Nori Gale, Portland: The geography of memory in Evergreen Cemetery
On weekend mornings Jon and I sometimes walk down the hill to the Bayou Kitchen. Enjoying a Huey P. Long and blueberry cornbread at the counter, we chat with the dishwasher as the owner warms our coffee. Paintings of bougainvillea dripping off the balconies of Creole homes, images of gators and swamp scenes fill the […]