Five Maine entrepreneurs tell their stories of growth and learning from 2018 and their hopes for 2019.
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Posted inLetters, sj-web
Thrilled to see an old A-7
In the early 1980s, I was assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Attack Squadron 83 (VA-83) home-ported in Jacksonville, Florida, and deploying aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59). Nearly 40 years later, I feel a great sense of pride that an A-7E Corsair II will soon grace Veterans Memorial Park. You see, VA-83 flew the A-7E. The […]
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Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
A list of the 10 worst things President Trump did in 2018
WASHINGTON — In his second year in office, President Trump did many positive things and, on Friday, I offered my list of the 10 best things Trump did in 2018. But he also did a lot of bad things that ranged from cringeworthy to catastrophic. Here are the 10 worst: 10. His comment about “sh–hole” […]
Posted inMark LaFlamme, sj-web
Mark LaFlamme: Things are looking up
Madness! Remember how I groused about how there was no mad rush at the stores on Christmas Eve? And how I wondered, all sad and confused, about where all the crazy holiday traffic had gone? Yeah, well I found it. I found it on New Year’s Eve in the form of horn-honking rage on the […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Rethinking asylum/refugee policies
Headlines from the Portland Press Herald report that asylum seekers from Africa and Central America are arriving in “droves,” overwhelming Portland city services. It seems that Maine is unique and now famous for its generosity, providing benefits that no other state provides. But fewer than 22 percent of asylum seekers nationwide are found eligible for […]
Posted inbPlus, sj-web
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by former Portsmouth Poet Laureate John-Michael Albert. Birdseed on the Snow By John-Michael Albert Like the rime of salt left by the vapors of a shrinking lake; like a guest too quick to depart, trailing traces of himself so others might puzzle out who he […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Decision on Brexit still in question
LONDON — To Brexit, or not to Brexit, that is the question (apologies to Shakespeare). The answer to whether the UK will pull out of the European Union as a majority of voters favored in a 2016 referendum will be decided this month. Maybe. Prime Minister Theresa May told Parliament that debate on the deal […]
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A good insurance policy
The slow return of daylight in early January usually sparks hope. This year, not so much. At least politically. For whatever reasons, pundits see a tough year ahead. The left is heartened by new majorities in Augusta and Washington, but Donald Trump is still president. The right is heartened by a stronger majority in the […]
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What House Democrats should do with their majority
By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg opinion The Democrats took over the House majority on Thursday with more women, more ethnic and religious diversity, and the same leadership team that’s been in place for a long time. They have a very liberal caucus, though it includes members from swing districts who likely won’t want to compile very […]
Posted inDear Abby, sj-web
Mother cannot be trusted for support
DEAR ABBY: My mother recently confessed to me that in my senior year of high school, she sabotaged my chance to go to my dream school (with a nearly full scholarship) because she didn’t approve of my wanting to go to art school. I missed my orientation because she “got the date wrong” and then […]