-
PublishedJanuary 2, 2024
The Conversation: From the moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024
THE CONVERSATION — The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the lunar south pole, and 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space exploration. Several new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will […]
-
PublishedJanuary 1, 2024
Elwood Watson: Generation X is almost 60
Latchkey kids. Slackers. Caffeine lovers. Grunge. That’s how a lot of people have referred to Generation X, the 46 million Americans, like myself, who were born between 1965 and 1980. We were a generation that has been perennially pegged as cynical, self-indulgent, aimless, contrarian, and often peripheral when it comes to life and other everyday […]
-
PublishedJanuary 1, 2024
Guest column: Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s year in review
With every new year comes an opportunity to both reflect on where we have been and look to the future. For Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust (BTLT), the theme of 2023, as conveyed in our annual report, was ‘branching out’ as we expanded our educational work by merging with Cathance River Education Alliance (CREA). Our board, staff […]
-
PublishedDecember 29, 2023
Just a Little Old: Trump has bamboozled white Christian Evangelicals
In 2016, 81% of white Christian Evangelicals voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. In 2020, 80% of white Christian Evangelicals voted for Trump over Joe Biden. How could millions of people who purport to follow the teachings of a man as humble as Jesus Christ support a man as heinous as Donald Trump? Maybe […]
-
PublishedDecember 29, 2023
Gordon L. Weil: Supreme Court plays key role on Trump charges
Donald Trump got the Supreme Court he wanted. He will now discover how it will make its way between solid conservatism, political partisanship and the historical opportunity to determine the presidential election, possibly costing him a return to the White House. The Court’s reputation is at stake. This moment recalls the Court having picked the […]
-
PublishedDecember 29, 2023
Giving Voice: Spirit of giving
Most of us look forward to the holidays – anticipating warmth and cheer in the company of family and friends, with good food and the fun of giving and receiving. At The Gathering Place, we seek to provide that atmosphere and experience for our guests. As December brings us the shortest days of the year, […]
-
PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Danny Tyree: Will you be busted by a ‘noise camera’?
“Just when you think it’s safe to be a jerk on the roadway…” Motorists in many cities have grown accustomed to the likelihood of having their license plate photographed if they exceed the posted speed limit and/or run a red light. (Sadly, other motorists are shocked — shocked, I tell you — every single time […]
-
PublishedDecember 28, 2023
LC Van Savage: Mrs. Stanley, I presume?
I recently met a woman via email who had the very good taste to compliment me rather lavishly on a column I wrote. She really, really liked it. Her name is Barbara Stanley, and I applaud her reading skills and of course her great mind. But what interested me even more was her name. The […]
-
PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Letter to the editor: The martyring of Trump; Defending Bath Golf Club; Our many international mistakes
The Martyring of Trump Federal and state justice systems are producing a feature film called “The Martyring of Trump.” Our Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows needs to avoid being a main character in this black comedy film.It is vital that the power to determine who appears on the presidential ballot is determined by We […]
-
PublishedDecember 27, 2023
Tom Purcell: A win-win New Year’s resolution
Here’s a great New Year’s resolution: get a pet. As we wrap up a very inflationary 2023, pet shelters across the country are at maximum capacity and they don’t have room to house the pets people are turning in. ABC News reports that animals entering shelters began to climb in 2021. During the COVID pandemic, […]
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- …
- 189
- Next Page →