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    April 14, 2019

    Marc Thiessen: Yes, America needs walls, but the country is not ‘full’

    Thiessen writes that America needs more immigrants, not fewer; and that the country is hardly “full.”

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    April 14, 2019

    Bridget McAlonan: Let’s talk about consent and personal space

    McAlonan of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services writes about the importance of consent when talking about personal space.

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    April 13, 2019

    Froma Harrop: U.S. needs a smart conversation on population

    Harrop counters President Trump’s claim that the U.S. “is full.”

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    April 13, 2019

    Rich Lowry: The McCarthyite, anti-Christian campaign against Chick-fil-A

    Lowry blasts city officials for banning Chick-fil-A restaurants.

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    April 13, 2019

    Robert Chase: Sign up for ‘Sound the Alarm’

    Home fires kill seven people every day in the United States. Our fire departments and the American Red Cross are joining forces to change that. On April 27, we will visit homes in New Auburn and on and around Pleasant Street (Ward 7 Area) in Lewiston to install free smoke alarms and provide preparedness tips […]

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    April 13, 2019

    Shirley Babb: Make America united again

    Wow! Mary Jane Newell really, really has a problem with Democrats. She made that very clear in her letter to the editor (March 23) in which she accused Democrats of being a shameful, shameful communism-driven bunch of “losers and hypocrites.” As one of “them,” I am greatly offended being characterized as such. Nothing could be […]

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    April 13, 2019

    Sidney Pew: Support for LD 1074

    LD 1074, “An Act To Establish a Tax on Water Extracted for Bottling in Order To Secure the Economic Future of Rural Maine” is one of the most important pieces of legislation to be considered this year. It is only about bottled water, not any other uses of water. It would provide access to education […]

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    April 13, 2019

    Robert Samuelson: The disconnect between joblessness and inflation

    Samuelson, like many economists, is mystified why, with unemployment so low, inflation hasn’t moved higher.

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    April 12, 2019

    L-A Chamber workshop Tourism 101 to be held April 22

    AUBURN — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold a workshop on tourism from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Kirk Hall at Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner St. There will be a reception from 5 to 6 p.m. The workshop is titled “Tourism 101 – Did You Know That […]

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    April 12, 2019

    Dick Rosenberg: Thinking about the #MeToo movement

    Understanding that my views seem to be in the minority with regard to the #MeToo movement and the “politically correct” thinking that has taken over most of this country, I trundle ahead regardless. For the “politically correct” police, all I can say is that their ardor and fight to make all language bland and robbed […]