For those of you who don’t know, my more respectable gig for the past quarter century, or so, has been teaching college English. (Scary, I know.) Teaching English is sometimes like teaching a teenager to drive a car – including the sensations of intense frustration, looking away in terror, and dreading a catastrophic pileup of […]
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Letters to the editor: More 2022 election endorsements
Cluchey for House District 52 Engaging. Passionate. Energetic. Insightful. Driven. Knowledgeable. Dedicated. Collaborative. These are some of the words that immediately come to mind when describing Sally Cluchey, candidate for House District 52 representing Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond. I am confident she will bring these same traits to the State House. Sally has embraced her […]
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Letters to the editor: More 2022 election endorsements
Cluchey for House District 52 Engaging. Passionate. Energetic. Insightful. Driven. Knowledgeable. Dedicated. Collaborative. These are some of the words that immediately come to mind when describing Sally Cluchey, candidate for House District 52 representing Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond. I am confident she will bring these same traits to the State House. Sally has embraced her […]
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Michael Reagan: Playing politics with Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian hadn’t slammed into the Florida coast yet and already the idiots were playing politics. The climate scientists on “The View” were somehow trying to blame Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis for Ian because of his skeptical position on global warming. I don’t know what DeSantis specifically believes about climate change, its causes, its dangers […]
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Dick Polman: Will Ron Desantis learn anything from Hurricane Ian?
We all know that MAGA 2.0 Ayatollah Ron DeSantis takes a strong interest in what gets taught in Florida schools. But now that Hurricane Ian has wreaked virtually unprecedented havoc on the west side of his state, it’s time for him to sit in a class and get schooled on the basics of science. Lesson […]
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The Conversation: Russia’s energy war: Putin’s unpredictable actions and looming sanctions could further disrupt oil and gas markets
THE CONVERSATION — Russia’s effort to conscript 300,000 reservists to counter Ukraine’s military advances in Kharkiv has drawn a lot of attention from military and political analysts. But there’s also a potential energy angle. Energy conflicts between Russia and Europe are escalating and likely could worsen as winter approaches. One might assume that energy workers, who provide fuel […]
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Joe Guzzardi: GOP pins hopes on ‘commitment to America’
With seven weeks remaining before the 2022 midterm election, Republicans and Democrats have drawn their battle lines and staked out what each party considers their opponents’ political vulnerabilities. Last week, the Republicans released what it called a “Commitment to America” that included many oft-made, unfulfilled promises to its base. GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy […]
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The Giving Voice: Time for Tedford Housing to get a leg up
A few days ago, at the high school where I work, I bumped into a student carrying an armload of snacks from the social workers’ Free Cart down the hall. Anticipating a scolding, the student looked me in the eye and flatly asked, “Can I take these home to share with my family?” Their no-nonsense […]
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David Treadwell: Sen. Collins, your slips are showing
Senator Collins, we need to have a talk. You keep making errors in judgment, oblivious to your past mistakes. Let me explain. After President Trump’s first impeachment trial, you suggested that he had learned his lesson. Poppycock. Anyone who’s followed Trump’s lifelong habit of conning and lying knows that he is incorrigible. He blusters and […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Voter suppression in high gear for 2022 elections
Once upon a time, giant airplanes landed on an isolated and poor Pacific island, bringing wondrous gifts, yielding the Cargo Cult. Suddenly, during World War II, the American military arrived. A landing field was quickly laid out and aircraft flew in clothing and food the islanders had never seen. The cargo was military, but the […]
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