It may be attractive to think that promoting democracy in occupied foreign countries is an appropriate moral and effective path for restoring security and stability. But it’s not accurate.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
Following the completion of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Neta Crawford, the co-director of the Costs of War Project, reflects on 7,268 days of American involvement in the conflict.
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Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
Maine Guard soldier accused of sexually abusing colleague
Bret Chapman, of Walpole is charged with kidnapping, two counts of sexual abuse and one count of aggravated assault.
Posted inMaine
Maine can expect heavy rain, maybe flash flooding from Ida
The storm is expected to bring rain from Wednesday evening through Thursday afternoon.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation / World
Mike Richards is out as producer of ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’
Mike Richards is out as executive producer of “Jeopardy!”
Posted inNation / World
Ida Updates: Mississippi road collapses; kills 2, injures at least 10
Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters, and utility repair crews rushed in, after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat.
Posted inNation / World
Interactive Map: Track Ida as it heads across U.S. mainland toward East Coast
One of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland weakened into a tropical storm overnight as it pushed inland over Mississippi with torrential rain and shrieking winds, its danger far from over.
Posted inMaine, News
Naples motorcyclist killed in Harrison collision
Police in Maine are investigating a crash in which a sport utility vehicle collided with a motorcycle, resulting in the death of a motorcyclist
Posted inPerspective
Reparations for slavery is not about blame, but reconciliation
So how does one make up for slavery, Jim Crow, and all the rest? How do we make it right, and perhaps move on?
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Holocaust victims got reparations, so why not descendants of trans-Atlantic slavery?
There are major obstacles in confronting the social movement for reparations for the slave trade. Such reparations are a moral imperative, but politically, successfully obtaining them will be hard.