One 85-year-old prescribes plenty of naps. An 81-year-old grandfather swears by hanging out with younger advisers — such as his grandchildren. And an 80-year-old says to ignore the haters.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inVarsity Maine
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Posted inOpinion, Perspective
He unearthed his roots. Now he digs up lost stories of enslaved people.
‘Once I find depths of information, I want to give it to the people I think it was stolen from,’ John Mills said.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for
At the turn of the 20th century, Southern sympathizers started building monuments to Confederate leaders. Black newspaper editors saw these emblems clearly for what they stood for — a lost cause.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down
The drive to remove Confederate monuments links those monuments to modern racism. An economic historian shows that the intent and effect of those monuments from inception was to perpetuate racism.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, News
Minot man charged in arson and shooting of Androscoggin County deputy
The wounded deputy was expected to survive, and a fire was started at the scene.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Why Trump’s MAGA Republican movement dislikes Taylor Swift
Some conservatives are spreading baseless claims about the pop star and her Super Bowl-bound beau being a psyop — psychological operation — meant to draw voters to the Democratic Party.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Taylor Swift can set a new standard for America’s ultra-wealthy
The superstar is on the cusp of becoming ultra-wealthy, which is an opportunity to think about how to honor the sensibilities and economic realities of her young fanbase on an ambitious scale.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
With Slut! Taylor Swift joins a long history of women fighting slut-shaming in their writing
Men in the 1700s penned vehement letters about the way women dressed, slut-shaming them as ‘cork-rumped devils.’