Some two weeks after the fall of Kabul, with the shock now fading, perhaps it’s time for a more reflective look. Although the immediate reaction focused largely, and perhaps inevitably, on blame-casting, this was a debacle produced by many hands. It’s also a classic example of hubris – as the ancient Greeks saw it, the […]
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Commentary: Safety net policies are helping reduce the number of Americans below the poverty line – but that’s not the whole story
The share of Americans living in poverty shrank to an estimated 9.2% in 2020, according to the Urban Institute, a think tank that closely tracks this rate with a widely used model. There were 29.3 million Americans living below the poverty line, the institute’s researchers found. Another 10.3 million appear to have been kept out […]
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From the Chamber: What’s next? Silver linings for the second half of 2021
As summer winds down, and vacations come to an end, it’s back to normal for many of us who consider summer to be a reprieve from our normal schedule. But what will normal look like this fall? Is normal what we had exactly one year ago, with masking and social distancing, and limited in-person indoor […]
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Letters: Reflections on Afghanistan by a Vietnam Veteran; Doc: Brunswick a great place to practice medicine
Reflections on Afghanistan by a Vietnam Veteran Fifty-five years ago, while serving in Vietnam, I sent home a tape recording in which I expressed an opinion that the Vietnamese would just as soon be left alone to live their lives. Nine years later, a corrupt state collapsed and we left them to their fate. Many […]
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Guest column: A vow to keep fighting for Maine women
On Wednesday, Aug. 18, we celebrated the 101st anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which states quite simply, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” The 19th Amendment was signed by the […]
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Installation work on the new turf field at Mt. Ararat High School nears completion
The field is on track to be ready for a season-opening soccer game on Sept. 3.
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Guest column: Marking 100 years of Brunswick aviation history
The weather in Brunswick on August 19, 1921, was warm. The wind was calm. That Friday, a biplane flown by a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot circled overhead. On the Golf Club links on River Road north of downtown he spotted a large white circle, the signal for a place to land. The pilot put the plane down on the rough golf course and bounced […]
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Letters: MSAD75 board made the right call on masks; A new bridge will bring Brunswick and Topsham closer
MSAD75 board made the right call on masks As a parent of two elementary school children, I commend the MSAD 75 School Board for making the difficult decision to require masks indoors for the start of the school year. Personally, I believe the sooner we can move past the need for masks — especially for […]
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Football notebook: Midcoast teams prepping for regular season openers
Brunswick navigating through low turnout issues, while Morse faces an interesting schedule full of long bus trips.
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Commentary: Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go?
Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty U.S. withdrawal have provoked an international outcry. As of Aug. 22, 2021, some 6,000 U.S. troops were working to evacuate U.S. military, American citizens and Afghans who are approved for Special Immigrant Visas. SIVs are a special program to protect Afghans […]
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