It was no surprise that Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a modest attempt to return to a more progressive income tax structure. It would have raised taxes for incomes above $500,000 and cut taxes for middle and upper-middle payers. What is surprising is that lawmakers actually enacted a bill raising income tax rates for the first […]
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Bowdoin’s Arctic Museum debuts ‘Northern Nightmares’ exhibit
On May 7, gather your courage and join Arctic Museum staff as they open their newest exhibit, “Northern Nightmares: Monsters in Inuit Art,” opening at 7 p.m. in the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum’s new home, the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies on the Bowdoin College campus. “Northern Nightmares” celebrates artworks by Inuit artists […]
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Peter Roff: It’s time to defuse the public pension time bomb
Across the states, America’s public employee pension plans are a ticking, insolvent time bomb. “For most states,” the Pew State Fiscal Health Project said in July 2022, “unfunded pension liabilities are the largest of three major long-term obligations weighing on their future finances.” Things have likely improved since the end of the lockdowns, but in […]
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Dick Polman: Despite what Trump’s lawyer says, this is not normal journalism
Todd Blanche, who’s stuck with the hapless task of defending Donald Trump in criminal court, mouthed something in his opening statement that really pissed me off. At first I wasn’t sure I’d heard him correctly, so I checked the trial transcript and lo and behold there it was, on page 90. Blanche tried to tell […]
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The Conversation: Trump’s immunity arguments at Supreme Court highlight dangers — while prosecutors stress larger danger of removing legal accountability
THE CONVERSATION — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 25 in a case that will change the course of American history. That case is Trump v. United States, in which the justices have been asked to decide whether and to what extent former President Donald Trump — or any president — can […]
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The Conversation: Trump trial reveals details about how the former president thinks about, and exploits, the media
The first week of testimony is winding down in former President Donald Trump’s trial in New York City on charges that he falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to an adult film star, in an effort to avoid reporting the payments as campaign-related spending. In a discussion that quickly shifted to topics well outside […]
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Just a Little Old: Knowing when to pack it in
“You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away And know when to run.” While cleaning out our house in preparation to move to Thornton Oaks, Tina and I constantly faced the question: Keep, give away or pitch? Some decisions were easy; others were not. One […]
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Sustainable Practice: Sustainable recycling
People are often shocked to learn that plastic is not recyclable with today’s technology and infrastructure. Surely the recycling symbols on plastic mean something? Yes, they do, just not what a reasonable person would assume. More important than what we can’t recycle is what we can: metal, cardboard and glass. And even more important than […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Big issues to settle before we vote
As we come to the final six months of the political campaigns, the polls predict close races. But a number of key questions remain and raise doubts. Will there be one or more Trump trial verdicts and will he be acquitted or convicted? Who will Trump pick as his running mate? Will either Biden or […]
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LC Van Savage: Men, gas tanks and other fables
I recognize that we live in an age where everything’s supposed to be equal and balanced and unbiased, but come on, it’s not. Not even close. Take men and women, for example. Different. Lots. Want the best examples of the differences there are between the two sexes? First one is gas tanks. For women, OK, […]
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