It’s Labor Day weekend, the traditional start to the fall campaigns, and New Hampshire Republicans don’t even know who their candidate will be to take on incumbent Senate Democrat Maggie Hassan, running her first re-election campaign. That’s because New Hampshire, like Massachusetts, votes on the last primary date, disadvantaging those not already in office. It […]
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Danny Tyree: How will you celebrate Magellan’s 500th anniversary
When does a 500th anniversary require an asterisk? If you’re a fan of trivia and myth-busting, you’ve doubtless heard umpteen repetitions of “George Washington didn’t really have wooden teeth,” “Napoleon wasn’t short,” “Lemmings don’t commit mass suicide” and “Ferdinand Magellan didn’t sail all the way around the world.” Sure enough, Magellan was killed two years […]
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Gordon Weil: Is presidential power unlimited?
The president of the United States has unlimited power. That’s the extreme theory that former President Trump believes. Reacting to that belief, President Biden labeled “MAGA Republican” philosophy as “semi-fascist.” The basic question is just how much power the president has because of heading the executive branch of the government. If this power has no […]
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Brunswick councilors: Why we want to move Brunswick’s polling place to the Landing
We are writing in regard to an upcoming item for consideration of the Brunswick Town Council, whether to move the Election Day voting poll location to the Brunswick Recreation Center at Brunswick Landing. We strongly believe that moving Election Day voting to the recreation center will greatly benefit our community. This move will not reduce […]
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Just a Little Old: Thanks for the musical memories
Hearing an oldie on the radio will sometimes trigger memories of when I first heard that song. Or the piece might evoke emotions from the past— some sweet, some sad; some of promising young love, some of life’s toll on relationships. Forgive me if I take a stroll down my musical memory lane. Perhaps they’ll […]
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Peter Funt: Give me a news break
It wasn’t exactly breaking news back in June, but it did stir interest among journalists when CNN’s new boss, Chris Licht, conceded, “Something I have heard from both people inside and outside the organization is complaints we overuse the ‘Breaking News’ banner.” The term, he told his staff, “has become such a fixture on every […]
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Tom Purcell: The elephant in the college classroom
“Half of that goes to the bank for your college fund!” That’s what my father told me in the 8th grade, when I got my first paycheck for waking up at 5:30 a.m. to ride my bike a few miles to Cool Springs Driving Range before school, where I plucked golf balls for a dollar […]
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Letter to the editor: Missing the mark on tuition relief ‘deadbeats’
There’s an old expression that without freedom of speech we wouldn’t know who the fools are. The guest column (“Student loan relief shifts money to wealthy,” Christine Flowers) opposing student loan relief reminded me of that. The author paints a terrible picture of who these deadbeats are and says they should not be getting any […]
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Sally Cluchey: Why I’m running for state representative
My name is Sally Cluchey, and I am proud to be running to represent Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond in the Maine House of Representatives. I thought long and hard about whether to run — politics isn’t exactly the nicest place to be these days — but ultimately, I came to see this as an extension […]
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The Conversation: A winner is emerging from the war in Ukraine, but it’s not who you think
THE CONVERSATION — The war in Ukraine is helping one country achieve its foreign policy and national security objectives, but it’s neither Russia nor Ukraine. It’s Iran. Iran is among Russia’s most vocal supporters in the war. This has little to do with Ukraine and everything to do with Iran’s long-term strategy vis-à-vis the United States. As […]
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