The president’s go-it-alone approach to diplomacy will make peace more elusive.
2025
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Trump campaign against foreign students makes little sense | Letter
In 1974, “the Rumble in the Jungle,” Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, was the fight of the decade. It seems like the fight of this decade will be “the Cambridge Confrontation,” Trump vs. Harvard University. It’s strange. Trump has been trying to bludgeon Apple into assembling its iPhones in the U.S., while doing his best […]
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What true patriotism demands of Mainers | Letter
Members of Portland’s West End Neighborhood Association just finished reading historian Timothy Snyder’s book “On Tyranny.” Snyder offers important historical insights that are relevant to the present day. In so doing, he draws a sharp distinction between nationalism and patriotism — a distinction that should concern every Mainer when evaluating Donald Trump’s leadership. Nationalists, argues […]
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Coverage of pro-Palestinian protest was dangerously sanitized | Letter
I was deeply disappointed by your May 21 article, “Police arrest 20 pro-Palestinian protesters in Old Port.” Public protest is a cornerstone of democracy and criticism of any government — including Israel’s — is fair and necessary. But the coverage of this protest was not fair. It was selective, incomplete and dangerously sanitized. While the […]
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Sports wagering on rise in Maine, but a slow summer looms
There are plenty of sports in action, but the offerings don’t generate as much interest compared to those in the fall and winter.
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Androscoggin River, once a ‘national disgrace’, should be recognized for cleanup efforts, advocates say
Advocates propose reclassifying the water quality of the river from Rumford to Lisbon — a move they say could spark economic growth.
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Killing of Israeli embassy staffers exposes root of protest | Letter
Since the shooting dead of Israeli embassy staffers Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky in Washington, D.C., for the crime of simply being Jewish, the Portland Press Herald has done nothing but carry water for local anti-Semites hellbent on inflaming tensions regarding the conflict in the Middle East – a conflict started by Hamas when it […]
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Obituary: Elizabeth Ann McKinnon
SACO – Elizabeth Ann McKinnon, 86, of Saco, passed away on May 26, 2025, after a brief illness at her home …
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Obituary: Linda A. Grant
BUXTON – It is with great sadness the family announces the death of Linda A. Grant, 76, of Buxton. Linda passed …