THE CONVERSATION — Convening war rooms, planning speedy bailouts and raising house-on-fire alarm bells: Those are a few of the ways the biggest banks and financial regulators are preparing for a potential default on U.S. debt. “You hope it doesn’t happen, but hope is not a strategy – so you prepare for it,” Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank […]
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Dick Polman: Trump suckered CNN right into his sewer
To borrow a phrase from Claude Rains in “Casablanca,” I was shocked, shocked! to find that non-stop lying was going on in the MAGA game room at CNN. Just as I (and many other rational observers) had warned in advance, CNN’s decision to gift a free hour to a pathological cult leader – to a […]
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Michael Reagan: AOC and the war on our appliances
AOC and her Green New Deal buddies in the Biden government are not just winning their crusade against fossil fuels. They’re also wrecking the country – appliance by appliance. Our washing machines, refrigerators and microwaves have already been made less efficient and more expensive because of new federal standards pushed by fanatical environmentalists who think […]
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The Conversation: On its 75th birthday, Israel still can’t agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy
THE CONVERSATION — As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, and nearly a century and a half after the first Zionists came to Palestine from Europe, the core tension behind the country’s establishment – whether a Jewish state could be a democratic state, whether Zionism could accommodate pluralism – is more obvious than ever. […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Supreme Court needs an ethics code
As a newspaper correspondent, I was once offered a free trip to write an article about an event at a distant location. The sponsors would pay for my travel and lodging. While I was confident I’d write an objective piece, it’s likely they expected a favorable report. I asked my editor if I could accept […]
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Giving Voice: What makes Oasis Free Clinics special
Last year, I spoke with a group of Bowdoin College first-year students who were interested in the field of health care. They had signed up for a pre-orientation trip focused on the field. Having gone to Bowdoin, spent my career in health care, and serving on the board of directors for the Oasis Free Clinics […]
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Talia Mirel: Pine Tree Power for a more sustainable Maine
Because I care about the future of the global and local climate, as well as strong Maine communities, I support the Pine Tree Power Company. As a young person, I am deeply concerned about the current and future impacts of climate change. I have observed while growing up in New England how winters have become […]
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Just a Little Old: On Curt Dale Clark’s amazing 10-year run with Maine State Music Theatre
Sometimes serendipity strikes. In 2005, Curt Dale Clark was a last-minute replacement to play the part of the Beast in Maine State Music Theatre’s “Beauty and the Beast.” “I didn’t know anything about MSMT or where Brunswick was,” says Curt. “And it was my first real experience with New England. But I loved it right […]
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Danny Tyree: Have you heard of after school Satan clubs?
Sometimes it’s difficult to approach news items with the proper balance of bemusement, curiosity and wariness. (Sometimes it’s difficult to approach news items at all, when there are shouts of “When are you going to carry out the garbage?” and “That lawn isn’t going to mow itself!” But I digress.) According to a story at […]
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Letters to the editor: Importance of child care; tax stabilization costs
Child care options key to bright future We appreciate Sheriff Joel Merry calling for legislative action to fix our child care crisis.The child care system is under incredible strain. Across Maine, the YMCAs’ child care programs have extensive waitlists. The wait for an infant/toddler slot can exceed a year. This leaves parents to make incredibly […]
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