Mary Nemcik died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, with her two loving daughters by her side.
January 2019
Posted inPerspective, sj-web
'We all got played:' Anonymous tweets fueled the controversy over MAGA hat teens
Dan Lavoie, a political strategist in New York, first saw the video on Saturday, like thousands of other people who logged on to social media that day. A group of rowdy high school boys, many wearing Make America Great Again hats, had faced off with a Native American elder near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston foodies to mix it up at annual Chef Summit
LEWISTON — Restaurateurs and chefs from the Twin Cities will be well-represented this week at the annual Chef Summit hosted by Taste Maine’s Future. In fact, the food scene in Lewiston has received enough attention that downtown Lewiston will be featured as a trending area of Maine, giving the city its own “food town” panel […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Seeing the whole picture
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what happens when the picture shows only part of the story or, worse, shows the wrong picture? In the past 10 days, we have seen pictures that generated way more than 1,000 words apiece yet remain unclear. People often saw in the pictures what they wanted to […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Trump's policy could work in Venezuela
By Henry Olsen Special to The Washington Post President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as that country’s president is definitely a risky move. But it’s one that is justified for both humanitarian reasons and as an expression of an “America First” foreign policy. Venezuela has been driven into the ground […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Working to expose scammers
As law enforcement officers, our agencies are committed to fighting crime. Some of the most abhorrent crimes being committed against our residents are being carried out by people who don’t live in our communities. Often they live out-of-state or overseas, and they will stop at nothing to steal money from their victims. Contact is made […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Redistribute the pain of the shutdown
Greetings from Albuquerque. As these words are written, it is Thursday morning and I am in New Mexico to promote my new novel, “The Last Thing You Surrender.” I have to be back home before Monday to teach a class. If my return flight were canceled because, say, the TSA went on strike, I’d be […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Without America, Economic Forum lacks focus, energy
DAVOS — The atmosphere at the 2019 World Economic Forum reflects the global picture perhaps more genuinely than in years past, and the painting is not very pretty. The mood here is subdued, cautious and apprehensive. There’s not much talk of a global slowdown, but no one is confident about a growth story either. There […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Ocasio-Cortez gets special treatment
WASHINGTON — If Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, were a conservative, all anyone would be talking about is how uninformed she is. She would be facing trick questions from reporters designed to expose her lack of knowledge, and brutal sketches on “Saturday Night Live” mocking her intelligence and fitness for office. Instead, SNL fawns over […]
Posted inNuptials, sj-web
Shutdown may make a mess of travel plans
Christopher Elliott Special to The Washington Post Ask travelers about the partial government shutdown, and you may get a dismissive answer. After all, most flights are still running on time, many national parks remain open and passports are being processed. “Shutdown?” says Chris Luth, a sales manager based in Ozark, Missouri. “What shutdown?” Luth says […]