Pew Poll: Americans who rely on social media as their pathway to news are more ignorant and more misinformed than those who come to news through print, a news app on their phones or network TV.
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Don’t ignore the life-and-death trade-offs of COVID lockdowns
Oncologists have long been sounding the alarm about the price of the shutdown. Remote medical appointments are no substitute for physical visits unless there’s evidence in the blood work.
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Leonard Pitts: Donald Trump takes self-pity to new low
“Nobody likes me.” — Donald Trump “Truth or Consequences” is the name of a town in New Mexico, and of a game show dating from the 1940s. But it’s also one of the primal laws of existence. Where an important truth is denied, consequences follow. So none of us can be surprised at the state […]
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Fred Brodeur: Voters’ participation in elections must be encouraged
If one-third of a high school graduating class would fail to graduate every year, I think most people in Auburn would think that would be dismal. And I would agree. But all would have another chance to graduate. However, it appears that about one-third of the voting age population, and often more, fail to vote […]
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Cal Thomas: The reality behind the Black Lives Matter movement
Politicians and various social justice groups have long used labels that have nothing to do with the real intent of legislation, or an organization, to dupe the public. But, to paraphrase Shakespeare, a rose by any other name is still a rose. Numerous “civil rights” bills have been passed by Congress over the years that […]
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Nick Bennett and Sue Ely: CMP corridor would forever damage Maine forestlands
The Central Maine Power corridor proposal would be one of the most damaging projects in Maine history. It would forever harm the state’s brook trout habitat and irreparably scar the North Woods — a globally significant forested landscape that draws tourists and supports recreation-based businesses. There is no independent evidence the transmission line would reduce […]
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Maine’s COVID response has kept residents safer than most
It only takes a glance at a pandemic map, like those published online by Johns Hopkins University or the CDC, to vindicate the governor’s decisions about reopening.
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Rich Lowry: Lincoln Project lacks respectable premise
A couple of erstwhile Republican operatives who notably failed to elect Republican presidents are now trying to elect a Democratic one. They call their super PAC, self-importantly, The Lincoln Project. The operation is devoted to churning out harsh and often ridiculously over-the-top ads attacking President Donald Trump that are invariably praised by the media and […]
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Froma Harrop: The land of plenty sinks into anxiety
A friend and I shared the same consumer frustration — and guilt over having it. We each wanted a bike rack for our cars but could not obtain our first choices. “I wanted to order a 1UP bike rack,” my pal, who used to manufacture sports equipment, said. “Sold out and won’t take orders until […]
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Austin Bay: Mounting problems for Turkey’s President Erdogan
In a desperate attempt to remain in power, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dealt the Turkish republic’s democratic structure a symbolic, historical insult so divisive it has the potential for serious, systemic political damage. In so doing, the man derisively nicknamed Sultan Recep once again exposed his intense jealousy for Kemal Ataturk, the soldier-statesman […]