AUGUSTA — Pvt. Art Custer promptly followed each of Lt. Paul Dudley’s sharply barked commands, making sure he performed all nine of the steps required to load his Civil War-era musket before he cracked off a loud shot over the trees of Viles Arboretum, smoke trailing out the end of the barrel.
August 2012
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Morning Sentinel police log: August 5, 2012
IN ANSON, Friday at 7:54 p.m., a vehicle accident was reported on New Portland Road.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Badminton … ethics?
The Olympics audience came to see the best in the world play badminton. Yes, it is an Olympic sport. Instead they saw athletes serving into the net and duffing shots out of bounds, just like, well, backyard amateurs.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
OUR OPINION: Quality of UMaine education ought not be surprise
University of Maine President Paul Ferguson said he repeatedly heard two things before he moved east from California to take the top job at Maine’s flagship university.
Posted inOpinion
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Romney’s score abroad: 1 gaffe, 2 solid triumphs
At the outset of his recent foreign trip, Mitt Romney committed a gaffe. In answer to a question about the Olympics, he expressed skepticism about London’s preparations.
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COMMENTARY: We will be chagrined about this folderol in 20 years
Just 16 years after a Democratic president signed the fatuously named Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage in the United States as requiring one man and one woman, the debate about gay marriage is over.
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JOHN FRARY: Governor decries ‘vending machine theory of education’
I visited Gov. Paul LePage in June, and our conversation drifted to a subject that was very much on the governor’s mind: our state’s educational deficiencies.
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COMMENTARY: Parked car is no place for kids or animals
It’s a nightmare come true: In a moment of distraction, a baby is left behind in a parked vehicle.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
CBO counters diatribe against health care law
M.D. Harmon’s diatribe against the Affordable Care Act (“Supreme Court plunges us into the abyss,” July 7) has again been countered by the recent nonpartisan CBO review (“Health care law to cut deficit, says budget office,” July 25). The CBO finds federal costs will be cut by $84 billion over the next decade. If the […]
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Citizens United decision worked out just fine for GOP
When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the now-infamous Citizens United ruling that unleashed a deluge of unaccountable corporate cash into the political system, the court had a pollyannaish view of what would happen next.