There is a quiet crisis unfolding in Auburn, and the people responsible are the very ones appointed to prevent it. The cutting of Auburn’s recreation director out of the budget is not just a personnel decision, it is a statement about who this city values. Under the current leadership of Town Manager Phil Crowell and […]
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Golden’s war powers vote undermines congressional authority | Letter
I am writing to express my distress about Rep. Jared Golden’s vote against the recent War Powers Resolution — especially as his choice aligns him with the half of Congress that refuses to do its job. Golden’s stated rationale — that the resolution risked undermining U.S. leverage and would impose an abrupt halt — doesn’t […]
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Sometimes a party is just a party. Reggae Fest is a party. | Letter
Let’s start with the basics. Sometimes a party is just for a good time. I’ve had a theory about overthinking life. It starts with academic’s needing to write a thesis to graduate, and finding ways to prove it. Thinking a spring ski party is more than a bunch of college kids or feeling-young-again types getting […]
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Rep. Golden’s war vote suggests he doesn’t get it | Letter
Rep. Jared Golden has once again passed on an opportunity to rein in the Trump administration, voting against the War Powers Resolution. Golden claims that Trump is well within his presidential authority to initiate a war with Iran. I would suggest that Congress is well within its powers to require the president to explain the […]
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Maine Democrats wrong on trans athletes debate | Letter
Maine Democrats will not move from a bad position. They are holding true to the sunk-cost fallacy. Testimony was given for the Legislature to enact “An Act to Designate School Sports Participation and Facilities by Sex” without a vote of the people in November, which it did not. The proponents of the measure spoke kindly […]
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Presenting Maine’s Anti-Trump Slate | Letter
We need defiance across the board. Here’s how we get it.
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Bellows has the moxie to be Maine’s next governor | Letter
A wide-open gubernatorial primary offers voters a unique opportunity to consider what sort of leadership is right for Maine at this moment. For me, the answer is clear: Shenna Bellows has the brains, integrity and the sheer moxie we need right now. Bellows’ legacy as secretary of state is one of steady success and building […]
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Hysteria has displaced common sense on transgender athletes question | Letter
“No person in the United States shall, on bias of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal assistance …” Those words, written and passed into law by the United States Congress in June 1972, are the foundations of […]
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Platner can apologize; that’s a strength | Letter
Good for Graham Platner for saying “I’m sorry.” We need people in Washington, D.C., who can say “I’m sorry.” Every week, Platner is on the front page saying “I’m sorry” for something he said yesterday or eight years ago: about the glories of combat, the weakness of women, the sad state of disabled people; we […]
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Who is not conflicted about war? | Letter
On reading Randy Billings’ April 3 article (“Platner re-ups criticism of Collins for Iraq vote,”) an illustrated poem from childhood — “The Land of Counterplane” by Robert Louis Stevenson — came to mind; it spoke of a sick boy, in bed, marching little toy soldiers across his bed sheets to amuse himself. Youngsters of many […]