Hi folks. How’s it going with you? Me? I’m doing especially well today. I’m feeling as if I’ve been reborn or something. Oh, not in the religious sense, but in the living sense. It’s I speaking, your American flag. Yes, I can actually speak! It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other, hasn’t […]
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David Treadwell: Dealing with the ‘Big C’
My primary care physician called with the news: “I want to make an appointment for you to see an oncologist.” My heart sank. My wife Tina won her bout against breast cancer in 1997, but I’ve lost a brother, a niece, an aunt and many dear friends to cancer over the years. Moreover, I know […]
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Giving Voice: Volunteering an important step in life’s journey
Life is sometimes explained as a journey. That journey is made by taking a series of steps. For example, we talk about taking one step at a time when a part of our journey is hard. We describe some of these steps as small, some big. Sometimes we step forward, sometimes back. On a daily […]
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Carl Golden: Biden’s abrupt change on Trump attack line
It took some time, but the Democratic Party establishment finally recognized what had become apparent to most of the political universe many months ago – If the congressional midterm elections became a referendum on the Biden administration, defeat and the loss of both houses of Congress was inevitable. Their solution? Go hard negative. Mount an […]
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Douglas Rooks: Maine Supreme Court punts on crucial referendum ruling
If last week’s decision by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court concerning the attempt to bring Canadian hydropower to New England left you scratching your head, welcome to the club. The SJC decision – concerning the November 2021 referendum seeking to cancel the NECEC line – fails the first test of judicial decision-making: to present a […]
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Tom Purcell: Health care confusion
I’m confused. I got the flu a few months ago, the worst flu I’d ever had. It wasn’t COVID — I have never tested positive for COVID — but it was a humdinger. For more than a week, I was a lump on a bed, completely unable to move or do anything. To make sure […]
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Letters to the editor: On the importance of memories; college funding blame
On memories and love On occasion, I tune into PBS to view their broadcast of “Finding Your Roots.” I have observed a common thread through most of the episodes and from most of the celebrities they have researched. The consistent admission is that most of their families talked very little about their ancestors and relatives […]
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The Conversation: Choose better passwords with the help of science
THE CONVERSATION — For years, computer users have been told they should have complicated passwords, including numbers, punctuation marks and other symbols, and upper- and lowercase letters. Despite those being hard to remember, people were told not to write their passwords down, and forced to make up new ones quite frequently. Users dutifully complied – […]
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John L. Micek: Biden’s Philly speech was a challenge to us all
Returning to the state where he launched his candidacy — and the one that handed him the White House in 2020 — President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Americans to join him in a fight to preserve democracy and to beat back the forces of extremism. The 30-minute address was equal parts tribute to […]
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Michael Reagan: Shooting back at President Biden
How much does President Biden dislike America? Let us count the ways. Last week, our phony uniter-in-chief called about half of the country – Republicans and all red-hatted supporters of Donald Trump – semi-fascists. His press secretary – the person who has the impossible job of trying to clarify, excuse or walk-back Biden’s daily gaffes […]