Is the United States going to war with Iraq to get its hands on Iraqi oil fields? Nearly everyone in the Middle East thinks so. So do some Americans.The theory is seductive. Iraq has the world’s second-largest oil reserves, with rich new fields to explore.It’s not just critics of an Iraq war who speculate about […]
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Our loss and gain in Maine
Diet is a four-letter word, and treated with much the same disdain as profanity.We don’t like to diet because we like to eat. Not only is eating essential to life, it’s part of our social structure.The dreaded diet makes us feel like we’re sacrificing something valuable. It’s a lot of work. It can be expensive. […]
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Name-calling
I see Mr. Bush has opened yet another can of worms. I wished he would think twice before he spoke. Calling a friend, supposedly, an “”axis of evil”” was a little bit testy. Did he have to say that?Between Mr. Cheney and Mr. Powell, and Mr. Bush they are beating the war drums, and who […]
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Great value
We have a brand new year ahead of us, and I think it’s important to start 2003 off with some well-deserved words of praise. I really admired Mark Griffin’s interview with the talented young artist Josana Blue (Dec. 27). I think it’s tremendous that Ms. Blue is making imaginative and positive contributions to our culture, […]
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Disloyalty
We did our time and fought the wars to make this country and government strong. But now we have to fight another battle. The battle to get the benefits we were promised (Jan. 7).The military wonders why the youth of today avoid joining up. Besides the fear of war, they have vets as relatives and […]
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Parents’ role
I would like to address the zero tolerance policy in school. As a parent of children who attend the local school system, I am outraged by the ridiculousness of some of the rules. I understand the policy was adopted, nationwide, after the school shootings and the terrorism and, as a parent, I am greatly concerned […]
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The grisly ugliness of racism
If you ever saw that picture of Emmett Till, you never forgot it.Not the one that shows a handsome brown teen-ager, hat tipped up slightly off his forehead. Not, in other words, the before picture.No, I’m talking about the picture that was taken after. After he went down from Chicago to visit family in Mississippi […]
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Washington wielding too much control $erving Maine
History will cast President Bush in many roles. Some harsh and some kind. One that must figure prominently will be information cop.Never mind the Homeland Security Act and the new information databases being designed to track our purchases and movements in the name of public safety. President Bush seems bent on limiting information that had, […]
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Spotlight on Shakespeare
DAMARISCOTTA — Round Top Center for the Arts’ winter concert series will begin with “Both Your Voices Blended” by Roxana Gundry, voice and lute, and Ann Foskett, reading.The program, of songs and reading from the plays of Shakespeare, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, in the lower gallery of the center’s main building. […]
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ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY, AUBURN
LEWISTON – The grand jury indicted a total of 47 people on 94 counts. The following were indicted on Class A and B charges.Edgar “Dre” Rodriguez, 31, of 412 Lisbon St., Lewiston, on a charge of gross sexual assault. He is accused of forcing a woman to engage in a sexual act Oct. 19 in […]