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Bob Dole is an inspiring example for politicians and everyone else
With his passing, the country has lost an important connection to a defining time in American history.
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DANBY INK. CARTOONS
Christmas miracle
Christmas miracle 2021.
Supreme Court issues
Supreme Court issues 2021.
Pandemic isolation
Pandemic problems 2021.
Letter: Put Build Back Better in context of defense budget
“The Build Back Better Act contains all sorts of things that Americans need such as childcare, universal pre-K, paid sick leave, college and housing assistance and measures to battle climate change,” Phil Locke writes.
Letter: Don’t put a kind face on “temporary” nuclear waste storage efforts
“If we really believed such a facility would be temporary, then there will be a future time when those “100,000 tons” of waste would have to be shipped again to somewhere else,” Jim Perkins writes.
Letter: The world in which we now find ourselves
“What is to be done? Above all, not to lose faith in ourselves,” James Matlack writes.
EPA should sidestep bureaucracy to speed removal of lead pipes
“Lead is almost never found naturally in water, instead we’ve been putting it there for the last thousand years by transporting drinking water through pipes made from it. Take away the lead pipe, and the lead rapidly disappears from the water,” Timothy Male writes.
Maine’s lobster industry is in a fight for its survival
Frankly, it is an unachievable goal. Yet, if the industry does not meet this mandate, it will be illegal for the federal government to continue to permit the fishery.
Don’t suspend the gas tax
“Suspending the gas tax now would signal to future Congresses that it’s an appropriate response to rising fuel prices,” Karl W. Smith writes.
Letter: Build Back Better Act is a needed investment in the American people
Congress must now act on this opportunity and pass the Build Back Better Act to complete the “Big Deal” for all Americans.
Letter: Defund public radio and broadcasting
I wish there was a legal way for me to withhold that portion of my tax dollars that support such biased coverage by “public” news agencies.
Letter: Proposal to help keep children safely in school
It is increasingly apparent that policies around attendance should be looked at.
Biden’s weak message and Democrats’ lack of unity harm the party’s future
Last month’s unemployment numbers, reporting the fewest new applicants over more than 50 years, showed the difference. Trump would have trumpeted that news and claimed that it was due to his historic efforts. No matter the truth of his claim, you could not have missed that the news was good, unusual and important. If you…
Maybe ‘forever chemicals’ should be called ‘everywhere chemicals’
The fact these chemicals are contaminating Maine’s deer meat in the Fairfield area is an eye-opening reminder of just how extensive this problem is.
‘A Christmas Carol’ reminds us there is always time to start over
It is an extraordinary lesson, to be alive and start over. And we are born again every day that we wake up and can start over.
Letter: Empathy and adaptability from Bangor clerk’s office
If more government employees took ownership like Deputy City Clerk Samantha Baderfield did, how much better our lives would be.
Letter: Don’t be afraid of teaching facts about race in America
Xenophobic tyrants are doing their best to destroy the democracy fostered by courageous Indigenous and enslaved cultures they apparently want expunged from classrooms.
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