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PublishedJanuary 10, 2023
The Conversation: Democracy under attack in Brazil: 5 questions about the storming of Congress and the role of the military
THE CONVERSATION — Thousands of far-right supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace on Jan. 8, 2023. In images similar to those from the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, demonstrators were seen overwhelming and beating police while breaching the security perimeter of the buildings. It […]
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2023
The Conversation: Our centuries-long quest for ‘a quiet place’
THE CONVERSATION — The 2018 film “A Quiet Place” is an edge-of-your-seat tale about a family struggling to avoid being heard by monsters with hypersensitive ears. Conditioned by fear, they know the slightest noise will provoke a violent response – and almost certain death. Audiences came out in droves to dip their toes into its […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Tom Purcell: The shameful return of earmarks
Earmarks are back and they’re costing American taxpayers a bundle. In case you’ve forgotten, earmarks, says FactCheck.org, “are government funds that are allocated by a legislator for a particular pet project, often without proper review.” Often attached to the 12 large appropriation bills that Congress by law is supposed to pass each year to fund […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Danny Tyree: Given up on your 2023 reading list yet?
“Time Enough at Last.” The new year reminds me of that classic “Twilight Zone” episode starring Burgess Meredith as a put-upon bookworm. (No, he wasn’t reading on the wing of an airplane! Get your episodes straight, with “The Twilight Zone Companion,” for Pete’s sake!) True bibliophiles are all the same. Whether our preference is studying […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra to perform ‘Favorite Music for All Ages’
Orchestra to perform family-friendly concerts in Topsham and Lewiston with emphasis on children.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor kicks off 2023 with rock band The Boneheads
For most of the past decade, each new season at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor has opened with Midcoast rock band The Boneheads. The pandemic put a halt to the tradition. So, for the first time in three years, The Boneheads will once again kick off the season, appearing on stage at 7 […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Commentary: Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s year in review
The theme of the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s 2022 annual report was “Rooted and Rising” – a perfect encapsulation of BTLT’s work over this past year. We remain firmly rooted in our core mission of conservation and stewardship and deeply committed to our most established and beloved programs – the Farmers’ Market at Crystal Spring Farm, […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Joe Guzzardi: Midterm voters refer to status quo, which is bad news
Voters are, to understate their mood, disenchanted with Congress. Yet paradoxically, voters re-elect, over and over, the same representatives they hold in dismally low esteem, consider ineffectual and out-of-touch. On average for 2022, about 80 percent of polling respondents disapproved of how congressional representatives handled their jobs. Many critics had previously claimed that underrepresentation of […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Just a Little Old: Harry and Megan take on the media and the monarchy
As a 10-year-old in 1953, I recall seeing newsreels at the movies, which showed the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It seemed like a big deal to millions of people, but my passions revolved around playing Little League baseball and cheering on my Cleveland Indians, not about the monarchy. Tina, by contrast, recalls that she […]
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2023
Gordon Weil: Court uses ‘shadow’ power to legislate
The Supreme Court is acting as a legislature – again. Two justices on the Court, a conservative and a liberal, just made that charge in a major case. Here’s the story of how two presidents set policy and the Supreme Court overruled them. When he was president, Donald Trump sought to protect the American public […]
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