I would like to suggest to leadership of the U.S. Senate that they find a new way to vet and approve nominations for government positions. The current system brings out the worst in everyone. If appointments were made to a pool of candidates long before a position was vacant and anyone wishing some observation to […]
James Tierney
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Violence in the schools
Students should be thanked for insisting that the public hears them when they say they wish to feel safe, while they try to study. It is their job. and they need to come to adulthood well prepared for the challenges they will meet. In addition, adults should want those students to be safe and do […]
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So it goes and so it goes
The debates are over. Unfortunately, the issues were never “debated.” Donald Trump remains the bad guy since he is easy to be that. Hillary Clinton remains the good guy because she is a little bit smarter than he is. He tried to explain what it is like for a guy to touch, or desire to […]
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Punishing welfare recipients?
Will outsourcing the ASPIRE program help the moms on TANF move from welfare to job security? And what will it do for their children? As a person with 25 years’ experience in welfare-to-work programs, I suggest we don’t know. Is it possible that some politicians are so angry with welfare that they would be willing […]
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Maine mental health
The governor of Maine is a former manager from Marden’s. He brings us Marden’s quality government. The people of Maine think they are getting a good deal because it is cheap. The people of New Mexico, on the other hand, are quite willing to take the federal money that pays for the mental health services […]
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Depriving Maine people
The governor of Maine is a former manager from Marden’s. He brings to Maine Marden’s-quality government. The people of Maine think they are getting a good deal because it is cheap. Government officials in New Mexico, on the other hand, are quite willing to take the federal money that pays for the mental health services […]
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Vote for clean-energy candidates
Caucus day is here again. People have the option to do more of the same or they can do something different going forward. In addition to recommending choices for positions such as the next president of this country, people can also start a process to vastly improve the Maine economy. Together, we can establish a […]
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Clean power is available
This is in response to an Associated Press article in the Sun Journal Oct. 9: “Experts: Clean power available, if it can be brought to New England.” The power the article refers to is hydro power from Canada. But clean power already exists, in abundance, just off the Maine coast. Why are we waiting for […]
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J. Tierney: Dealing with teenage births
Maine learned how to deal with poverty and welfare back in the early 1980s, then reallocated the resources to the more politically acceptable ASPIRE program as administrations changed. Colorado reinvented the solution, as reported in the New York Times on July 7: “Colorado Finds Startling Success in Effort to curb Teenage Births.” Isabel Sawhill, an […]
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J. Tierney: School attendance problems
In response to the Sun Journal story printed Friday, March 13, with the headline, “Missing when it matters most”: Do you suppose the attitude of the LePage administration toward welfare mothers has anything to do with their ability to get their first-graders off to school? Jim Tierney, Auburn