Giving is good, and every person who is able to do so, should. But it would be even better to restructure the edifice that produces a need for giving — to realize, as author Celine-Marie Pascale puts it, that what America really needs is not a “seasonal moment of generosity” but “a reckoning for justice.”
2021
Posted inPerspective
NASA’s many science missions now include learning how to deflect killer asteroids
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force base in California, carrying a refrigerator-sized spacecraft that next September is intended to crash into a small asteroid.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Amid massive shortage, Canada taps strategic reserves – of maple syrup
Quebec produces 73 percent of the world’s supply but a shorter and warmer spring sugaring season caused output to fall by nearly a quarter.
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Maine Nordiques stumble early in loss to New Jersey Titans
Junior hockey: Jonny Meiers scored both Maine goals in an otherwise rough night for the visiting Nordiques against division-leading New Jersey.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Saturday’s Maine college roundup: UMaine shut out by UMass Lowell
Men’s hockey: The Black Bears lose in their annual trip to Portland, falling 2-0 against one of the NCAA’s top defensive teams.
Posted inSports
NBA roundup: Timberwolves spoil Joel Embiid’s return to 76ers
Embiid gets 42 points and 14 rebounds after missing nine games because of COVID-19 protocols, but Philadelphia loses in double overtime, 121-120.
Posted inNation / World
Omicron variant may already be in U.S., Fauci says
‘We have not detected it yet, but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility … it almost invariably is ultimately going to go essentially all over.’
Posted inNation / World
Scientists racing to decode omicron variant as defenses buy time
Labs in Europe, the U.S. and Africa are preparing for tests to see how the new variant is likely to behave in people who’ve been vaccinated or previously infected.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Top 25 football/basketball: Michigan finally beats Ohio State, advances to Big Ten championship game
Football: The fifth-ranked Wolverines end an eight-game losing streak against the No. 2 Buckeyes with a 42-27 victory.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Photo album: Christmas Parade 2021
The annual parade in Oxford Hills is back after a COVID hiatus.