Recently, I had a nightmare that woke me up early in the morning. The nightmare was about how I was judged by the hat I was wearing and not by the content of my character.It seems that is what is beginning to happen in this country. I have heard how young men were judged for […]
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Wrestling shows not for kids
I was once an avid fan of wrestling. When World Wrestling Entertainment decided to let wrestlers use chairs, tables and gang up on a person as part of the programming, they lost this fan. What does it show children watching the show? That it is OK to gang up on a person and beat the […]
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A bunch of spoiled brats
I hope everyone is enjoying the absolute dysfunction that is going on in Washington, D.C., — members of the two parties acting like a bunch of spoiled brats. They are so intent on making those in the other party look bad, they never get anything done. The circus that is going on now was predicted […]
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How do legal immigrants feel about illegal immigrants?
I have been wondering if somebody in the news media would ask immigrants who came into this country legally what they think of immigrants coming into this country through the back door. Seems to me legal immigrants would have a very different take on the subject of immigration than the news media has been showing […]
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Monument restored to glory
A few weeks ago, my wife and I toured the battlefield at Gettysburg with a licensed battlefield guide. He took special attention when we reached Little Round Top to point out the 20th Maine monument, as he knew we were from Maine. I asked him if it had been recently cleaned, and he said yes, […]
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You heard it here first
So this is what I think is going on with Donald Trump — it has been in the cards the whole time. He would run as a Republican. Then, if he won the nomination, he would make sure Hillary Clinton would win the national election by a landslide. How else can anyone explain the outrageous […]
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Better monument needed
I visited Gettysburg recently. I was looking forward to seeing the 20th Maine Infantry monument site. The weather was wonderful; the memorials were fantastic. The only fly in the ointment was when I finally got to the monument for the 20th Maine Infantry. I was very disappointed to find the meager memorial they had and […]
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C. Bechard: Help the low income wage earners
I keep hearing about helping the middle class from candidates on the campaign trail. I don’t think they know how many people are low income, especially here in Maine. There are more people living paycheck to paycheck than they realize. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there are approximately 90 million people out of […]
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C. Bechard: How about some good news?
“Hands up … don’t shoot,” “I can’t breathe” — those phrases have been all over the news lately. There have been all kinds of protests and riots. I think the media are mostly to blame for much of the unrest. It is OK to report a story, I have no problem with that. But the […]
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C. Bechard: Have a little respect
On Father’s Day I decided to go to a local school to do a little metal detecting — it is a new hobby I picked up recently. I have noticed that when trying to get permission to detect in certain places I get the cold shoulder. City officials and others seem to think people doing […]