There sat Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, sipping Coke and coffee — really calm. And there was Brett Kavanaugh, drinking a gallon of water and visibly shaken. Who is telling the truth? Does it really matter? The executive and legislative branches are in such disarray I doubt that they will ever get anything accomplished. And will […]
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End Trump's dictatorship
I wish I had the power to end President Donald Trump’s dictatorship. But, speaking of dictatorships and rigged elections, Trump and his buddy, Vladimir Putin, are clones. They vowed to fight against terrorism, but there is evidence that Putin was connected to adversaries being physically killed while Trump does it politically. How many times has […]
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Is America going downhill?
Why are assault rifles being sold in gun stores? Who makes them? Aren’t they for military purposes only, or is profit the big motive? Is arming teachers with guns a reasonable idea? I think not. Imagine, I’m a teacher who comes into a hall with my gun to confront an assassin. The SWAT team would […]
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Headlights on, all the time
My daughter was in an accident that could have been avoided. She looked both ways at a stop sign, but it was a gray day. A speeding old truck, without lights on, blended in with the road. She didn’t see it. It smashed into my daughter’s car as she pulled into the intersection. Her car […]
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Let's speed up the game
It seems the big concern in Major League Baseball is speeding up the game. I have a few suggestions that baseball purists might not like. Unless you are an avid baseball fan, the game can be slow to the point of being boring. Here are some ways to speed up the game: • On defense, […]
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Call the insurance company
The cost of health care has become a gigantic problem. Understanding that overhead (doctors, nurses, food service, etc.) is very high, a hospital stay of any length of time can ruin a person or family financially. As teachers trying to raise two children in the ’70s on our salaries, it was difficult. We could not […]
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Taxes, taxes, taxes …
The state of Maine is near the top of the list as one of the most taxed states in the United States, yet there is a rumor that somebody in the Legislature wanted to increase the tax on gasoline by 15 cents — as if the tax on gasoline isn’t high enough already. Recently, I […]
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LePage's comment not welcome
Once again, Maine’s illustrious governor (far, far from it) has showed all of New England that shooting off his mouth (again) has alienated a whole bunch of people. In this case, millions of New England Patriots fans. LePage’s best quality is making a fool of himself — again. The Patriots are New England’s team and […]
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Costs go up, country goes down
The price of commodities will always go up. Will raising the minimum wage be a benefit or a panacea? Imagine being a retiree, living on Social Security. Hopefully, your mortgage and car are paid for, leaving food, health care, heat and such other necessary things as water/sewer, real estate taxes, insurances, electricity, telephone and any […]
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A sad state of affairs
Through diligent work of our forefathers, we all have the right to vote. I am polling many of my friends and the consensus seems to be that most are undecided. What a surprise. Were and are political parties necessary? They seem to be tearing this country apart as the rest of the world watches the […]