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NFL: Patriots getting down to business

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Robert Kraft drove up to his stadium and walked through the door with a bulging briefcase under his left arm. It was the same door his players used earlier Tuesday after being locked out for 4 1/2 months.

Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion

Allowing speaker is part of our core values

I noted the outpouring of fear and hate in response to a museum inviting a speaker from the prominent Middle East news service Al Jazeera to speak in Rockland. The General Henry Knox Museum holds a fundraiser each year to support its work, and since the Arab Spring continues to unfold, they thought Washington bureau […]

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LePage has done opposite of campaign promises

The truth comes out. Former Commissioner Norman Olsen’s remarks about his resignation finally reveals how broken the Lepage administration really is. Last year, gubernatorial candidate Paul Lepage shook my hand when I was eating at a local restaurant. He promised me in front of a room full of people that he was going to work […]

Posted inEditorials, Opinion

OUR OPINION: President dodges his obligation to lead

At a moment when the president of the United States could have, and should have, stepped up to his responsibilities as leader of the greatest nation on Earth — on a day when the American people and the world looked to him for reassurance and vision — Barack Obama chose to indulge himself in yet another round of petty, cynical partisanship.