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PublishedFebruary 4, 2024
The Conversation: Funding for refugees has long been politicized — punitive action against UNRWA and Palestinians fits that pattern
At least a dozen countries, including the U.S., have suspended funding to the UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for delivering aid to Palestinian refugees. This follows allegations made by Israel that 12 UNRWA employees participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. The UNRWA responded by dismissing all accused employees and opening an investigation. While the seriousness of […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Gordon L. Weil: Big choices in this year’s elections
The U.S. faces a particularly historic choice. It has always faced the need to balance the priority given to personal freedom with the responsibility for the community. This year, it is challenged to renew that balance. Of the two priorities, personal freedom had greater weight in the years between the country’s founding and the Great […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Letter to the editor: Unfair criticism of Netanyahu
Gordon Weil’s Jan. 26 column (“Absolute Power Corrupts”) unfortunately gives your readership a distorted perspective of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, while unfairly criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Weil credits Netanyahu, who was born in 1949, with “admitting to one of the most historic lies.” Does Mr. Weil really think Netanyahu knew from […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Carl Golden: The yawn-inducing election of 2024
In nine months, Americans will select a president, choosing between two candidates despite numerous poll findings that a majority of voters prefer neither one. All suspense has been drained from the traditional primary process as Democrats unite behind President Joe Biden while former president Donald Trump has chased his competition out of the field and […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
LC Van Savage: Why we live where the air hurts our face
Driving down a local highway today a large truck roared past me and splattered a huge mess of brown muck on my windshield and when I tried to wipe it clean with sprayed water and wipers it made a blurred, streaked mess on the glass. I pulled over to clean it by hand and when […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
Just a Little Old: The gospel according to Mike, Mario, Lindsey and Ted
“It’s occurred to me on countless occasions today that if anyone spoke to my wife or my daughter or my mother or my five sisters the way Mr. Trump has spoken to women, I wouldn’t hire that person.” — Mike Lee, U.S. Senator for Utah “Donald Trump is a con man. He is erratic. He […]
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Sustainable Practice: Sustainable eating in every season
“It’s harvest time somewhere” is the sustainable foodie’s version of “it’s five o’ clock somewhere.” You might think that eating tropical fruit in the middle of winter is surely less sustainable than eating food produced in your own community. Think again. If you’re choosing between an apple from your own backyard and an apple flown […]
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
Tom Purcell: The sad future of AM radio
You had a great 100-year run, AM radio, and your demise is breaking my heart. According to the Wall Street Journal, carmakers such as Tesla, Volvo and BMW are no longer providing AM radios in their new vehicles. Why? In part, because of the emergence of electric vehicles. As the WSJ explains, quoting the Alliance […]
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
The Maine Idea: For presidential campaign clues, look abroad
Those trying to decipher America’s strange but undoubtedly consequential presidential election this year can glean some clues from two of our oldest and strongest allies. Britain, though diminished by its dubious decision to leave the European Union through Brexit in 2016 and its subsequent succession of inept Conservative prime ministers, is still the most familiar […]
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
Damariscotta theater hosts ‘Screen Thoughts’ on America’s racial challenges
Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta is unveiling a new film series, “Screen Thoughts: Examining America’s Racial Struggles on the Screen” with host, writer and film reviewer Christine Merser. Beginning Thursday, Feb. 8, and Friday, Feb. 9, the “Screen Thoughts” series kicks things off with five-time Oscar winner “In the Heat of the Night.” The 1968 Oscar […]
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