Susan Collins issued a statement regarding D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for Supreme Court justice saying that Kavanaugh has “impressive credentials and extensive experience.” That’s true, and the senator might have added deep Republican contacts through his elite prep school and Ivy League pedigree. As the staff secretary for President George W. […]
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How many times must we save people who overdose?
A deeply humane friend recently suggested that medics stop saving people on their third opioid overdose. The subject was naloxone, a medication that can yank users from the jaws of death. It can be given via Narcan nasal spray or injection. My friend surprised me. I thought that if a life could be so easily […]
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Who's supporting 'We the People?'
Jared Golden just lost my vote! Anyone who is blind to what has happened with assault-style weapons in this country is not representing the safety of our citizens. There are places for these type of weapons, and that’s in the military, weapons of war. That certainly doesn’t mean that I will vote for Bruce Poliquin, […]
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Is Europe awakening to the threat?
Much of Europe was asleep, or in denial, when the Nazis took power and began rebuilding their military in violation of the Versailles Treaty that brought World War I to an end. Now, after years of virtually unlimited migration from predominately North African and other Muslim regions, some European nations are awakening to what this […]
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Roe v. Wade Is Yesterday's Fight
If the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, the right to an abortion might no longer be law of the land. But the ability to obtain one would remain a fact of the land. It might be harder to end a pregnancy in some states, but there would be no returning to the […]
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Vacationland or wind-tower land?
Vacationland or wind-tower land, we can’t have both. Soon the voters of Greenwood will be called on to settle this issue. The wind energy company from Texas and now Canada is after all the government subsidy money it can get its hands on. With this money, it hopes to erect as many turbines as possible […]
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What might a socialist American government do?
Polly: He’s a socialist but he doesn’t like people. Brian: Nor do I, much. Polly: You’re a conservative. You don’t have to. — From “Getting On,” by Alan Bennett WASHINGTON — This, one of the pleasures of being a conservative, is not for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28. She recently won the Democratic nomination — effectively, election […]
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Support for Ned Claxton
Great news for Maine. Ned Claxton is running for State Senator from Auburn, New Gloucester, Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls. I am a Lewiston/Auburn family physician, and Ned’s colleague for 25 years. People here in Central Maine are experiencing long waits to see specialists, and many have lost their primary care physician and can’t find […]
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Taking away legal rights
Donald Trump and the Republicans are happy that they got their tax cut for the rich, which raised the deficit to unwise heights, justifying (in their minds) cutting social security, Medicare and Medicaid. Now they are hoping to prohibit abortion, a legal right since 1973. Women don’t have equal rights without abortion rights. Men aren’t […]
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Lopez Obrador can't speed up Mexico's economy
With the election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as president of Mexico, the perennial question resurfaces: Might Mexico see a higher rate of growth? Its economy has grown at a rate of about 2 percent per year for about a quarter century, about half the pace of other emerging nations. The sad reality is that […]