A friend’s daughter is marrying soon, and I may actually go, although weddings have never been high on my list of do-not-misses. I’ve never met the daughter or her intended, but I’m very fond of the parents so may put prejudices aside and go to see the young‘uns, Oliver and Emily, pledge eternal love and […]
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Just a Little Old: Experiencing the joys of kindom
Well into his 90s, my dad would drive an hour-and-a-half from Wilmington, Delaware, to Atlantic City two or three times a week to play blackjack. He won money on most days because he was a highly skilled card counter. (He’d up his bet when the odds were in his favor and lower it — or […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Absolute power corrupts
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” These are the classic words of Lord John Acton, a 19th Century British historian. We seem to have no shortage of eligible “great men” these days. Having gained a taste of presidential power, Donald Trump proclaims his interest in […]
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Tom Purcell: When fun is against the law
The city of Toronto is in the news for outlawing sled and toboggan riding on 45 of its hillsides. According to the Toronto Star, the ban has sparked a robust debate about how far government should go to protect people from themselves while they’re having fun. To be sure, tragic accidents do happen when frolicking […]
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The Maine Idea: End of winter, and start of something else
When I first came to live in Northern New England some 50 years ago, one of the great attractions was winter. It was in my blood, and the snows of the 1960s had reached legendary proportions, drifting over roofs and sheds. People were still talking about it, but there was plenty of winter through the […]
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The Conversation: How much influence does Iran have over its proxy ‘Axis of Resistance’ — Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?
THE CONVERSATION — From attacks by rebels in the Red Sea to raids in northern Israel and the Oct. 7, 2023, assault by Hamas, Western analysts have pointed a finger of blame toward Iran. Regardless of how involved Tehran is directly in the planning and carrying out of such incidents, the accusations get at a broader truth: In Middle […]
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The Conversation: Extreme cold still happens in a warming world — in fact climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex
THE CONVERSATION — Extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather swept southward into much of the U.S. in mid-January 2024, breaking daily low temperature records from Montana to Texas. Tens of millions of people were affected by dangerously cold temperatures, and heavy lake-effect snow and snow squalls have had severe effects across the Great Lakes and […]
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Elwood Watson: Trump’s ideas offer a mirror to too many Republicans
Donald Trump is on track to once again secure the Republican presidential nomination, as he did in 2016. No surprise here. Anxiety and weariness are ever-present in the run-up to the November 2024 election. There is intense speculation on how Trump and his cult-like band of sycophantic followers will respond, whether in the face of […]
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The Conversation: Boeing door plug blowout highlights a possible crisis of competence — an aircraft safety expert explains
THE CONVERSATION — In the wake of the in-flight blowout of the side of a Boeing 737 Max 9, federal regulators have grounded planes and are stepping up scrutiny of Boeing’s manufacturing process. The Jan. 5, 2024, explosive decompression after takeoff was related to a component called a “door plug” being ejected from the fuselage […]
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Guest column: Educating the workforce by starting a comprehensive technical high school in Brunswick
For the past year, with financial support from the Alfond Foundation, the education leaders of Region 10 Technical High School located in Brunswick have been investigating the feasibility of establishing a comprehensive technical high school at Brunswick Landing. The feasibility study produced most-encouraging survey results, indicating high interest from potential students and their parents in […]
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