History, world and personal, has a way of serving up some confusing emotions this time of year.
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Posted inFood & Dining
Henry Ford, soybean visionary. Yep, that Henry Ford
Cars are partly to blame for climate change. A diet of beans can help combat it. The two intersected nearly a century ago with onetime Maine summer resident and industrialist Henry Ford.
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Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Recapping a crazy week, plus cider! cheese! ale!
Portlanders said goodbye to Silly’s and Brian Ború, and welcomed back the Crooked Mile Café.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We have to work together to protect our common resources
Under carbon fee and dividend, emissions would be subject to an increasing price, with all revenues put back into the economy as a dividend to all families.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We’d be worse off if immigrants went back where they came from
Many of the people we love, and the people who have contributed to our country, could trace their roots to other places.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Toni Morrison wouldn’t let us forget our racist past, and it haunts us still
The timing of her death is particularly poignant: We’re mourning both the novelist and the innocent people cut down for no reason but hatred.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Opinion
The View From Here: Murders that ended the ’60s still haunt us
Between the moon walk and Woodstock, Charles Manson’s ‘family’ reminded the world to be afraid of change.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, New England, News
Vote on Maine statehood was far from assured two centuries ago
Every attempt over the previous 30 years to separate from Massachusetts had failed until July 26, 1819 – 200 years ago this week.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
How Lewiston-Auburn reacted to the moon landing 50 years ago
While some residents expressed skepticism about the cost of the Apollo missions, others were wowed by them.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Holocaust comparisons have unintended consequences
The lessons of Hitler’s reign of brutality are weakened if every injustice is likened to them.