The techniques are the same, but now anyone can go viral.
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The politics of impeaching President Donald Trump
The 2020 election or House Democrats’ legacy could be on the line.
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Not like you and me
The scandal of the rich and famous cheating their children’s way into college caused a far greater stir than was justified by the number of people involved. Why? Maybe because the story is a vivid example of the widening gap between “elites” and the rest of us. Or perhaps the scandal resonates because our culture evermore stresses […]
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Divided by religion; divided from religion
The vote in the Maine Senate on a bill to require all public school students to be vaccinated against a series of diseases may have revealed a hardening line between religious and non-religious Mainers. On Thursday, the Senate voted 18-17 to restore to the bill a religious exemption to the requirement. Four Democrats joined the 14 Republicans […]
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Donald Trump’s threat to release migrants in sanctuary cities won’t work
In suburban Maryland and other communities across the country, people value diversity and are ready to help border crossers seeking asylum.
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Why don’t voters care whether presidential candidates are old?
Well, at least candidates who are male, anyway.
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Edward Little House is a window to Auburn’s past
“In this busy, active age, while we are deeply engaged with our plans and schemes for the accumulation of wealth, it is feared that we are too apt to let slip from our memories those who have gone before us to whom we are in a great measure indebted for the privileges we enjoy and […]
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A fast glimpse at the Roaring 20s in Maine
We’re now on the cusp of a decade that just a century ago won fame and immortality as the “Roaring 20s.” It’s thus an occasion to take a good look at a few vignettes that make the decade stand out, even nearly a century after it made its debut. So, let’s go now to 1921. […]
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Takeaways from the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
WASHINGTON — Julian Assange’s arrest on Thursday in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London opens the next chapter in the saga of the WikiLeaks founder: an expected extradition fight over a pending criminal prosecution in the United States. It’s also likely to trigger a debate over press freedom and call attention to unresolved questions about Assange’s […]
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Journalism or not? WikiLeaks’ status in media world complex
NEW YORK — After the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, his lawyer was quick to characterize it as an assault against the rights of journalists all over the world who seek to uncover secrets. But was it quite that clear? Does WikiLeaks do journalism, or is it something else? The answer wasn’t […]