Most of the talk about bonding during the last legislative session had as much to do with politics as with sound fiscal policy.
October 2011
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LIZ SOARES: Rented VCR launched 25 years of cinema adventures
We have enjoyed an upward trajectory of sheer cinema joy for more than 25 years. Why did Netflix have to go and spoil it?
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MAINE COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Duncklee shines in Colby loss
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Former Cony High School standout Luke Duncklee turned in a strong performance Saturday for the Colby College football team, but it wasn’t quite enough in a 41-15 loss to Middlebury College.
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RICHARD CONNOR: A klutz, yes, but you should see him hunt
Chester is lying comfortably under an apple tree, munching to his heart’s delight on old rotted fruit.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
National elections do not bring about change
The U.S. has now spent $1 trillion on wars and operates military bases in more than 130 countries. Big banks have been bailed out at taxpayer expense, but the economy is still bad for most Maine citizens. They can’t find full-time jobs that pay enough to live on, they can’t get health insurance unless they […]
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Jay scholar earns Fulbright; heads for Bhutan
FARMINGTON — Can money buy happiness? Apparently, there are 600,000 of the happiest people on earth who say it can’t. At least that’s what Maine author and educator Gretchen Legler plans to find out when she travels to the Kingdom of Bhutan, a tiny Buddhist country in the eastern Himalayas where success is measured in happiness instead of material wealth.
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KEVIN THOMAS ON BASEBALL: Moves to help the Sox avoid another collapse
Before the final day of the regular season, pitcher Tim Wakefield reportedly said “I definitely want to come back next year. I have another goal in front of me that I’d like to accomplish, and that’s the all-time record for the Red Sox in wins …”
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NFL: Patriots-Raiders history takes a back seat
OAKLAND, Calif. — Nearly a decade removed from the “Tuck Rule Game” and having shed his New England uniform for the Silver and Black of the Oakland Raiders, Richard Seymour still isn’t ready to change his view on one of the most famous — and disputed — plays in NFL history.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We’re more democratic than we were in 1800s
Permitting people to register to vote on Election Day in today’s mobile, aging and poorer society is one of the best ways we have to assure that we retain a participative democracy. I have heard our secretary of state says he believes our voting laws are like the 1800s. Hmm, basically only white men who […]
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Employers can help prevent workers’ depression
Thank you for covering the conference “Depression in the Workplace.” I especially appreciated Dr. Neil Korsen’s quote, “People are more likely to be stressed if they feel they don’t have control.” In my work counseling people with depression, I have repeatedly seen people depressed by their sense of powerlessness, or lack of meaning and connection […]