“Prosecutor finds deputies justified in shooting Black man,” a headline in May 19’s Sun Journal reads. “… (b)ecause he struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands to show his hands and get out of the vehicle,” the article states. Did we really think they would be found guilty […]
2021
Upstream towns worry they’ll pay the price for a cleaner Androscoggin River
Rumford and other towns urge more testing, better communication before plunging ahead with controversial upgrade for river’s water quality.
Rich Lowry: The GOP future is bright
There’s no denying that much of the party has been too willing to indulge or look away from wild theories about the 2020 election and the Capitol riot, but this shouldn’t obscure the fact that the Republicans are well-positioned to take the House next year.
Greg Boardman: Humanity needs ‘holistic pro-life agenda’
Regarding genetically modified plants designed to absorb more carbon (“One Woman’s Quest to Save the Planet with Plants,” May 16): do we really hope that technology is going to save us from the ravages of technology? We seem to be looking more to ourselves than to the creation we were born into for solutions to […]
Froma Harrop: The 2022 midterms might surprise us
Tradition tells us that, come the midterms, the president’s party loses seats in the House. If this tradition holds in 2022, that could be bad news for Democrats, whose House majority now stands at only nine seats.
But history of late doesn’t seem to be commandeering the driver’s seat.
In a word: Ado, petard, champing, dint and other fossils
Think about it, when was the last time you heard anyone use the word ‘immemorial’ when they weren’t referring to time?
Some worry it’s too early to unmask in Maine
Area residents react to state’s decision to no longer mandate masks indoors in public in most cases.
Mystery Photo for May 23, 2021
If you know where this photo was taken, enter our contest to win a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Isn’t it time we moved on?’
Life becomes much simpler once you learn to only hear, see and remember the things you choose, the things that don’t challenge you, that help you put the world into tidy little boxes. The truth is what you need it to be, and the truth here is that a bunch of patriots had a swell time touring the Capitol. You didn’t see anything else because there was nothing else to see. And if you think you did, you didn’t.
Cal Thomas: Mississippi yearning
The Supreme Court this fall will hear a case from Mississippi that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, except in cases of rape where the crime has been reported to police, or the life of the mother is in danger.