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July 2019
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Randall Eliason: How Mueller showcased the obstruction case against Trump
By Randall D. Eliason Special to The Washington Post Robert Mueller’s testimony on Capitol Hill highlighted the divide between the two parts of his investigation: Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including possible involvement of members of the Trump campaign, and alleged obstruction of justice. The separate inquiries were covered in two different volumes […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Joseph Mailey: My faulty thinking
Well, I have finally seen the light. I want to thank President Trump for showing me the way and making me realize my faulty thinking. Throughout my life, I have always considered myself to be an American and was proud to say so. How wrong I was. As a veteran, I always had a job, […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Stanley Tetenman: Not the party of Abraham Lincoln
To say that all Democrats are socialists is as wrong as saying all Republicans are racists. To say all racists, anti-semites and bigots support President Donald Trump and Republicans is more correct. Trump has shown his racists tendencies from his comments about Mexicans while announcing his candidacy; comments about the white supremacists in Charlottesville; saying […]
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Ed Rogers: Budget deal is good politics but terrible policy
By Ed Rogers Special to The Washington Post On Monday, the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reached the outline of a two-year budget deal. Specifically, according to The Washington Post, the deal “would raise spending limits by $320 billion and suspend the federal debt ceiling until after the 2020 presidential election.” President […]
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Wahoo! Maine summer road trip time!
Test your Pine Tree State savvy in the Sun Journal’s 7th annual Summer Road Trip Quiz
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Book World: Eight men, one chaotic election and the birth of the modern primary system
It was a bloody year. Every night in 1968 Americans watched the Vietnam War rage on television. Casualties from the war had increased dramatically in 1966, again in 1967 and again in 1968. When Americans weren’t tuning into the dismal news from Vietnam, they were watching race riots in major cities. In the nation’s capital, […]
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All-girls school becomes 1st in US with varsity esports
A private school near Cleveland has become the first U.S. all-girls school to launch a varsity esports program. The team at Hathaway Brown is coached by J Collins, a former U.S. Department of Education employee who has concerns about patterns of inequity in the budding collegiate esports scene. Collins hopes to set an example for how high schools can attract more girl and gender minority gamers so those players can take advantage of scholarship opportunities.
Posted inOpinion
Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being remembered
Hundreds of African Americans died at the hands of white mobs during “Red Summer,” but little is known nationally about this summer of violence 100 years later.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
I am a capitalist. Proud of it
I am not a member of the “one percent.” Not even close. I grew up in a solid middle-class family, got a job when I was a high school junior working on dangerous log booms at the oceanfront, and paid my way through college. I became a teacher, married, raised a family, attended church, and […]