NEW YORK — Last week, we watched the perfect example of a country fighting the last war. The Trump administration has now devoted weeks of time, energy and political capital to rolling out its temporary travel ban against citizens of six Muslim-majority countries who, according to the libertarian Cato Institute, have not committed a single […]
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Early learning programs valuable
I was encouraged to see my former law enforcement colleague Auburn Police Chief Phil Crowell’s wise words about the importance of protecting Head Start (“Head Start a worthy investment for Maine,” March 5). Quality early education programs, including Head Start, are important to society for so many reasons. Chief Crowell focused on one of the […]
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Investigations a waste of time, money
WASHINGTON — When he was Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, George Shultz was once asked about the CIA’s disavowal of involvement in a mysterious recent bombing in Lebanon. Replied Shultz: “If the CIA denies something, it’s denied.” Has there ever been a more dry, more wry, more ironic verdict on the world of espionage? Within […]
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Talk of the town: Does this look infected to you?
Deliver me So, somewhere in Androscoggin County Wednesday afternoon, a man was reported to have emerged from the woods, carrying a banjo and reportedly howling at various things. There’s no crime in that. Unless, of course, you left Ned Beatty back in the woods somewhere, in which case I foresee all sorts of trouble. My […]
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Face Time: DeManda Ransom, puttin' on the hits
Amanda Comeau joined the Androscoggin Fallen Angels roller derby team in June 2015, just as the team got its start, and has hardly taken her skates off since. The team has its first bout ever on March 18 — advertised as the “4-Leaf Clobber” — at the Lewiston Armory, when her five kids and her mom will […]
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Put an end to the shadow government
Most Americans, I suspect, have the attitude that if the government is spying on someone there is probably a good reason. In the latest document dump by WikiLeaks, Julian Assange’s outfit may cause some to rethink that premise. Assange, who is viewed by some as a patriot and by others as a traitor for exposing […]
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Less detention, more 'owning it,' at Lewiston Middle School
LEWISTON — On March 1 Lewiston Middle School students were on a field trip, skating at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. A group of kids were huddled, talking. One boy’s jacket was on a railing, then fell on the floor landing in ketchup containers that had spilled, spreading a red mess on the floor. Some kids […]
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Lewiston High School seeking alternatives to detention
LEWISTON — His head was on the desk, his arms around his head. The high-schooler was sleeping out a detention at Lewiston High School. “I was tardy,” he said when asked why he was there. If students are late too many times in a quarter “you get detention,” he said. About 12 other students in […]