Leonard Pitts: In letting fake Pelosi video stand, Facebook shows its true colors

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May 31, 2019

Leonard Pitts: In letting fake Pelosi video stand, Facebook shows its true colors

“With great power, there must also come great responsibility.” — Stan Lee, Amazing Fantasy #15, 1962 The truth is dead, and Facebook killed it. That’s not nearly as much of an exaggeration as you might wish. Consider that the social media colossus was the platform of choice for a video that blazed across the internet […]
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May 30, 2019

Froma Harrop: Declining population not a cause for concern

Total births in the United States fell last year to about 3.79 million, the smallest number in 32 years. The fertility rate hit a record low of 59 childbirths per 1,000 women. Americans are not having enough children to replace themselves. This supposedly is bad news. Headlines are crying about a “Shortage of Americans” and […]
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May 30, 2019

Susan Trask: Lack of a decent theater space

A few weeks ago, we attended the Edward Little High School senior class production of “Camp Rock.” The kids did a terrific job — they sang and danced with enthusiasm and energy. We were so impressed with the show they put on while having so few resources. The sets and costumes were minimal, yet the […]
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May 30, 2019

Cal Thomas: Once a terrorist, always a terrorist

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the release of self-admitted “American Taliban” member John Walker Lindh “unexplainable and unconscionable.” Lindh, who was paroled last Thursday from a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, served 17 years of a 20-year sentence for illegally aiding Taliban forces. Lindh had joined the terrorist organization before September 11, 2001. […]
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May 30, 2019

Yaw Anoff: Do they really care?

As more and more states pursue bans on abortion, some conservative legislators are citing the protection of infant life as the basis for their proposed legislation. In fact, Georgia’s recently passed restrictive fetal heartbeat law was based on that purported virtue. Meanwhile, a fifth migrant child has been reported to have died in U.S custody […]
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May 30, 2019

Jane Pentheny: Appreciate Sen. Claxton’s integrity

In her letter (May 23), Laurel Libby claimed that Sen. Ned Claxton voted out of fear on the vaccine issue. Sen. Claxton is a physician and voted on a major public health issue — a controversial issue. No matter how he voted, some of his constituents would have been unhappy. I, for one, am grateful […]
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May 30, 2019

Charles Bouchles: What will be taxed next?

I write in response to the Sun Journal article “Communities in Maine might soon charge local sales tax” (May 27). Are the powers-that-be working toward taxing the air we breathe and our flatus, or has that already been done? I, for one, cannot keep up. Charles Bouchles, Mechanic Falls
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May 29, 2019

Jennifer Nuttall earns credential

FARMINGTON — Jennifer Nuttall, RN, CMSRN, a nurse in charge at Franklin Memorial Hospital, recently earned the Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse credential from the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board. Nuttall started at FMH in 1999, first in the lab as a phlebotomist while attending nursing school. After becoming a registered nurse, she started on the hospital’s […]
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May 29, 2019

Kaitlin Knapp joins FMH staff

FARMINGTON — Nurse practitioner Kaitlin Knapp, APRN-FNP, has joined the Franklin Memorial Hospital medical staff as a provider at Franklin Health Internal Medicine. NPs evaluate patients, diagnose, write prescriptions and guide their patients on maintaining healthy lifestyles. Knapp is board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She most recently worked for Matrix Medical Network as […]
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May 29, 2019

Robert Samuelson: Will China dump dollars? Not likely

WASHINGTON — At last count, China held slightly more than $1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities. One fear has been that, should China and the United States engage in an economic war — as they clearly are now — those dollars could become a weapon against us. The Chinese would sell dollars in foreign exchange […]

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