Once President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, into law March 11, I figured it was only a matter of time until U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, the sole Democratic House member with the guts and brains to vote against the measure, began receiving incoming fire from other Democrats. […]
2021
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jonette Christian: Biden’s immigration bill: Do we really need more workers?
Rewarding the illegal pipeline with multiple legalization schemes is a race to the bottom for all Americans, immigrant and native born, and a slap in the face to those employers and legal immigrants who played by the rules.
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A master of realism making art in the Maine woods
Joel Babb has won acclaim for his finely detailed paintings of everything from Boston to babbling brooks.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data.
Evidence shows that we’re seeing the usual seasonal bump – plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: The victims of this war don’t get a wall
No, they get only chyrons and newsprint, to go with smarmy platitudes of inaction, specious pieties worn smooth by repetition.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: ‘Baghdad Bob’ rides again
Secretary Mayorkas is asking us to ignore what “our lying eyes” see. Television pictures show thousands of migrants crossing the border. Adding to the mess is the Biden administration’s authorization for ICE to spend $86 million to house migrants in American hotels. Will they also get hotel promotional points?
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In a word: Donald Duck, Usain Bolt and other good sounds
Between the ‘babbling brook’ and the ‘whispering wind,’ most examples of susurration make you feel like you’re alone in a forest.
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Mystery Photo for March 28, 2021
Correctly guess where this photo was taken and you will be entered into a random drawing for a $20 Hannaford Supermarket gift card.
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Rich Lowry: Stop the steal, for real this time
After rightly excoriating their Republican colleagues for challenging on Jan. 6 presidential results certified by the states, House Democrats immediately turned to doing, in effect, the exact same thing in an Iowa congressional district their candidate lost by six votes.