As Mary Trump notes, the stakes are too high for guys like Jon Stewart to get away with neutralizing the toxicity of Donald Trump with comparisons totally lacking in substance. It’s a creepy kind of brand-building. And it comes at the expense of our fragile democracy.
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Cal Thomas: Dock their pay
If the pay of the president and members of Congress could be cut when faced with a shutdown, there likely would be no more of them. Unfortunately, like the hope some people have for term limits, the people who have created the problem pay no penalty for their refusal to do what used to be called the right thing.
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Ben Lounsbury: Misinformation concerning Advanced Clean Car II rules
Maine has adopted the Advanced Clean Car II rules, which encourage dealers to sell 43% electric and/or plug-in hybrid new vehicles by 2027, increasing to 82% by 2032. This change has elicited a firestorm of protest about EVs. But this firestorm is based on misinformation. The rule does not force people to buy an EV. […]
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Ron and Susan Dorman: Legislature should steward for Maine’s elderly citizens
We are lifelong taxpayers, asking the Legislature to steward for elderly citizens (such as we are), and to vote to ensure just medical health benefits, and transparent medical bills for Maine’s old people. This must be a pretty large constituency, as Maine has the oldest population in the United States of America. Old age is the only tribe to […]
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Michael Boom: Vote against Trump, prove democracy works
Germany in the 1930s had nothing to compare to 2020s America. Oligarchs had nothing but rulership on their insidious minds, and governing is the furthest thing from a certain current candidate’s mind. Donald Trump is the worst example of a leader since President Eisenhower was in office, when I came into being. Since so many […]
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Rich Lowry: The un-American campaign against Donald Trump
What’s happening in New York — and is being replicated at the federal level and in Georgia in the 2020 election cases — is law as blood lust. It is a rejection of the Anglo-American legal tradition as it has developed over the centuries to enshrine neutrality and fair play in favor of something that is more personalized and illiberal.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Norway Savings Bank celebrates employee achievements
PORTLAND — Norway Savings Bank on Feb. 13 honored many employees at the 2024 Employee Appreciation Banquet. Winners who live or work in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties are listed below. The President’s Award went to Jackie Curtis, vice president of human resources, who personifies the strong initiative, leadership and selflessness honored by the award. […]
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Fontaine real estate team hires 2 to Auburn office
Fontaine Family — The Real Estate Leader has hired Joseph Vari and Linda Sherman to its Auburn office. Vari, originally from Youngstown, Ohio, now a resident of Lewiston, has spent over two decades in college coaching. He has served as the head women’s soccer coach at Bates College since 2019, where his commitment to developing […]
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Rep. Kathy Shaw: Legislature can make it easier for people to grow their own food
As a state, we need to do more to make healthy, locally-grown food available to more people. I’ve been a longtime farmer in our community, and have frequently fielded questions from folks about how we can help make this happen. Currently, under the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, structures used to grow crops are […]