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PublishedAugust 31, 2022
The Conversation: A winner is emerging from the war in Ukraine, but it’s not who you think
THE CONVERSATION — The war in Ukraine is helping one country achieve its foreign policy and national security objectives, but it’s neither Russia nor Ukraine. It’s Iran. Iran is among Russia’s most vocal supporters in the war. This has little to do with Ukraine and everything to do with Iran’s long-term strategy vis-à-vis the United States. As […]
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PublishedAugust 30, 2022
The dire need for support of groups working helping people with disabilities
Last week, I read a front-page headline in The Times Record indicating that there is an urgent need to increase the amount of funding for public defenders. The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, or MCILS, is asking to double the funding for legal services to criminal defendants who cannot afford their own attorneys. Josh […]
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PublishedAugust 30, 2022
Christine Flowers: Student loan forgiveness shifts money to wealthy
My roots are blue. Not the political blue of the current climate. Blue-collar blue. My maternal grandfather had a third-grade education and spent almost three decades picking up trash for the city of Philadelphia. Neither of my four grandparents went to college, and only one of them finished high school. My mother was the first […]
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PublishedAugust 28, 2022
The Conversation: Some refugees stay in temporary status indefinitely — how they still manage to create homes and communities
More than 6.5 million Ukrainian war refugees are now scattered across Europe and North America, most with temporary emergency residency allowing them to stay in host countries for one to three years. But roughly half a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war looks unlikely to end soon. Ukrainians may be unable to return to their home […]
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PublishedAugust 26, 2022
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra to host auditions
Orchestra seeks string players for concert season
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PublishedAugust 26, 2022
River Arts to host plein air painting workshop in Damariscotta
Mary Ann Heinzen will lead a plein air workshop at Pemaquid Light House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30. Interested artists may register at River Arts in Damariscotta. Artists of all levels are welcome, including beginners. This class will be a plein air, outdoor workshop. The class will start with a […]
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PublishedAugust 26, 2022
Peter Roff: Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act will make things worse
Marching in lockstep, the Democrats pushed a $700 billion spending bill through Congress, claiming it would reduce inflation. We know that to be a lie. Independent analyses from the Congressional Budget Office, the Congressional Joint Tax Committee, and Penn/Wharton all show the badly misnamed Inflation Reduction Act would do little to nothing to stop the […]
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PublishedAugust 26, 2022
UU Church of Brunswick welcomes new minister
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick has selected the Rev. Kharma Amos as its new minister. Amos comes to UUCB with more than 20 years of professional ministry experience and social justice activism. When asked why she was drawn to the Brunswick UU congregation, the Rev. Amos credits the church’s deep historical roots, active work […]
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PublishedAugust 26, 2022
The Conversation: If you thought this summer’s heat waves were bad, a new study has some disturbing news
THE CONVERSATION — As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa’s Sahel region, will likely face dangerously hot conditions almost daily by the end of the century – even as the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions, a new study shows. The mid-latitudes, including the U.S., Europe and China, […]
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PublishedAugust 26, 2022
The Conversation: 4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority’s preferences in the US
Kansas voters opted against overturning a state constitutional right to an abortion on Aug. 2, 2022. A few days later, Indiana lawmakers banned nearly all abortions. Both are conservative-leaning states that supported President Donald Trump’s reelection bid by near-identical margins in 2020 – 56.1% to 41.5% in Kansas and 57% to 41% in Indiana. So what explains the different outcomes? […]
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