This letter is a response to Mark Pantermoller’s letter (March 21) regarding who’s to blame when children don’t learn. Being an eighth-grade student in Lawrence Junior High School, I have the firsthand experience to answer this question. I have not met a teacher who could be entirely blamed for the failing of his or her […]
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OUR OPINION: One-house Legislature not such a good idea
When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they divided the legislative branch into two houses: a Senate with two members chosen by each state’s legislature and a House apportioned by population and elected by the people.
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GORDON L. WEIL: Killings, high cost show that U.S. policy in Afghanistan has failed
On March 20, a Florida pastor burned one copy of the Quran, the holy book of Islam.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Labor murals should be displayed at state museum
Who in Maine even knew these wonderful displays of labor history were being displayed anywhere, let alone in the state Department of Labor building? The citizens of Maine should be glad Gov. Paul LePage had the murals and artwork removed. If they are so meaningful to so many, then they should be displayed in the […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Government’s promise of jobs has fallen flat before
Former Gov. John Baldacci once promised that economic development zones would create new jobs. Professor and economist Charlie Colgan, in an article in the newspaper in January 2010, reported that between the fall of 1999 and fall 2009, Maine gained 44,000 people and only 56 jobs. Now Gov. Paul LePage promises to create new jobs […]
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Waterville’s Concourse set for al fresco dining this spring
WATERVILLE — Council Chairman Dana Sennett, D-Ward 4, encourages outdoor dining downtown.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Terrorist cleaned up before speaking at UMF
I was surprised to learn Bill Ayers was asked to speak at University of Maine. That was very exciting news. It’s not every day a scholar/educator/activist/proponent of social justice such as this one comes to Maine to share his wisdom. Wait a minute, there is an accolade I forgot to mention. He is also an […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Small business owners ‘do not support Paul LePage’
I vowed not to write about Paul LePage, as I believe the old saying about getting into a match with a skunk (think about it). It has gotten to the point, however, where we can’t resist weighing in. And apparently we don’t need to worry about this bully’s retribution, as he doesn’t read newspapers. We […]
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Obama gets us into another war, a la Bush
It must be apparent to even the most partisan Democrat that Barack Obama’s election in 2008 has, in foreign policy and federal spending, turned out to be just the third term of George W. Bush. Obama has tripled down on a 10-year no-win war in Afghanistan, dithered on getting out of Iraq, and has now […]
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Maine’s winter snow pure because ‘unfouled’ by waste
With springtime upon us, I actually will miss the foot-deep snowfalls that are the hallmark of a good Maine winter. The deep snows in the Pine Tree State are angel white, the winter skies are celestial blue and the pine-tree forests are a verdant evergreen. I am struck with reverent awe every time I peer […]