The Jan. 13 column by Matt Miller, “”Are you ready for class warfare,” is a throwback to Poor Richard’s Almanac. A surtax on CEOs making 300 times workers’ wages. The “”Robin Hood Goes To Iraq Stimulus Plan,” charging a surtax on the 5 million millionaires in our country, charging $10,000 each to aid the poor. […]
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Private service
The city of Lewiston is looking into competing with the local ambulance company, United Ambulance. United Ambulance has been serving our community since 1981 and has been paying taxes to Lewiston each one of those years. City Administrator Jim Bennett is asking the city staff to conduct a feasibility study on adding emergency medical services […]
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Illinois governor may have saved us
Forgive me, but I’m about to speak heresy.Blame the outgoing governor of Illinois, who recently emptied his state’s death row. George Ryan commuted to life in prison the death sentences of 167 condemned criminals.The result: a firestorm of criticism, much of it from those who have lost loved ones to violent crime. Our instinct is […]
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Argument for fair treatment
In a matter of minutes today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from Maine, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the Bush administration on the constitutionality of Maine Rx.It’s a very complicated process and justices usually take months to review arguments presented in dozens of briefs before issuing a ruling.The process may […]
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War in Iraq
Why? That is my only question. Why do we have to go to war with Iraq? What’s the point? I think that Bush’s decision to push the war with Iraq is pointless. Yes, it is true that Saddam Hussein is, supposedly, a “terrorist,” and he supposedly has weapons of mass destruction, and yes, he supposedly […]
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Japan
After traveling for twelve hours in a cramped airplane, my parents and I arrived into a country half way around the world Japan. Little did I know how exciting and exuberating the next three weeks of my life would be. My father, who teaches at USM, was invited to Japan along with two other people […]
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Your not always what you appear to be
I’m now suffering from things I’ve done in the past. How can I compare my suffering to the thousands of people who lost family on September 11, 2002?It seems everything I say can relate to that day. Sometimes I sit and think, what if I was in that plane or the world trade center. Glancing […]
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Christmas roller skating
Most gifts at Christmas time come wrapped in pretty paper and adorned with attractive bows. Not all though. The seventh and eighth graders at Holy Cross got a present from the teachers and the principal that would have been a tad bit hard to wrap. The present was a trip to a roller skating rink […]
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Riding a wave
While reading Sunday’s articles on the race rallies held on Saturday, I was struck with a couple thoughts. First, I was struck at the blatant unfairness that those criticizing Mayor Raymond displayed.The mayor did not organize the hate rally, to my knowledge did not organize the anti-hate rally and, additionally, had previous vacation plans. I’m […]
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First, our own
Should the mayor of Lewiston step down?I do not think he should step down for speaking his mind in an effort to convey his concern over the overwhelming migration of Somalis to Lewiston.In fact, I feel that the majority of people in the state of Maine are not telling the truth about how they really […]