WATERVILLE — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Catrin Einhorn has had to ask some difficult questions over the course of her career, whether it was her work exposing a culture of sexual harassment at Ford Motor Co., documenting the life of Syrian refugees in Canada or covering the deployment of U.S. troops to Afghanistan. On Monday, she […]
Syrian refugees
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Obama’s lack of action led to today’s Syrian refugee plight
WASHINGTON — The Syrian refugee debate has become a national embarrassment. It begins with a president, desperate to deflect attention from the collapse of his foreign policy, retreating to his one safe zone — ad hominem attacks on critics, this time for lack of compassion toward Syrian widows and orphans. This, without a glimmer of […]
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Kasich’s idea to promote U.S. values unworkable
Conservatives are supposed to be against big government and opposed to the left’s belief that problems can and should be solved by Washington. Which is why Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich’s proposal to create a new government agency to promote “Judeo-Christian values” is a really bad idea. Put aside for a moment […]
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Sometimes we have to do the right thing
A red cup. A few days ago, some people seemed to find that one of the most vexing moral problems of the day. Starbucks unveils a minimalist design for its holiday coffee cups — a red field, a green logo, no snowmen, snowflakes or fir trees — some guy makes a video lambasting the decision, […]
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A nation of immigration hypocrites?
There have been many exchanges of opinions regarding Gov. Paul LePage’s stand on allowing Syrian refugees to enter not only Maine, but the United States as well. I would ask Gov. LePage and all like-minded folks to read Emma Lazarus’s sonnet called “The New Colossus,” which has been affixed to the Statue of Liberty since […]
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What is all the fuss about?
President Barack Obama held a news conference from Turkey on Nov. 16. He gave an intelligent, reasoned and logical explanation, repeatedly, of the U.S. administration’s strategy and plans for dealing with ISIS, both internationally and domestically, and his plan to accept 10,000 immigrants from Syria. I was aghast at the lack of respect from the […]