By Henry Olsen Special to The Washington Post President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as that country’s president is definitely a risky move. But it’s one that is justified for both humanitarian reasons and as an expression of an “America First” foreign policy. Venezuela has been driven into the ground […]
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Redistribute the pain of the shutdown
Greetings from Albuquerque. As these words are written, it is Thursday morning and I am in New Mexico to promote my new novel, “The Last Thing You Surrender.” I have to be back home before Monday to teach a class. If my return flight were canceled because, say, the TSA went on strike, I’d be […]
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Ocasio-Cortez gets special treatment
WASHINGTON — If Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, were a conservative, all anyone would be talking about is how uninformed she is. She would be facing trick questions from reporters designed to expose her lack of knowledge, and brutal sketches on “Saturday Night Live” mocking her intelligence and fitness for office. Instead, SNL fawns over […]
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The MAGA hat: A policy statement or an inflammatory declaration of identity?
The bright red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap entered the popular culture as candidate Donald Trump’s political swag. It has transformed into an open wound, a firestorm of hate and a marker of societal atavism. An aesthetically benign baseball cap is a 21st-century grotesquerie. Has there been in recent memory any other item of […]
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Mainstream media rushed to keep up with the viral outrage
The video, taken from an Instagram account and reposted to Twitter, went viral with the caption, “This MAGA loser gleefully bothering a Native American protester at the Indigenous Peoples March.” In the clip, an activist named Nathan Phillips beat a drum as a teen in a Make America Great Again hat stood inches from him, […]
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Working to expose scammers
As law enforcement officers, our agencies are committed to fighting crime. Some of the most abhorrent crimes being committed against our residents are being carried out by people who don’t live in our communities. Often they live out-of-state or overseas, and they will stop at nothing to steal money from their victims. Contact is made […]
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Girls’ basketball: Courtney Carrier, Mountain Valley rough up Spruce Mountain
Carrier puts up game-high 22 points as Falcons rout Phoenix.
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Junior hockey: Islanders power past Thunder
AUBURN — Islanders Hockey Club scored back-to-back power play goals in the third period and held on to defeat the Twin City Thunder, 4-3, in USPHL junior hockey action at Norway Savings Bank Arena on Saturday night. Alex Schneider scored a goal and assisted on another as the Thunder finished the first period with a […]
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Local roundup: Lisbon girls’ squeak by Dirigo
Desirae Dumais scores 17 points in Oak Hill’s victory over Telstar.
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WITH PHOTO GALLERY — Cheering: Lisbon wins region title, Lewiston takes second
Leavitt, Gray-New Gloucester, Spruce Mountain, Dirigo and Monmouth also moving on to state championships.