Barbara Dee News Today

Our audience was selected by a leading opinion Polling Company to ensure they are representative of the country as whole. They support different parties, some are undecided voters, and they are also equally split along the lines of last years Eu Referendum half voted to leave the eu and half to remain. And if youd like to join in the debate at home, you can do so on twitter using the hashtag bbcdebate. We start with Opening Statements from all seven politicians, the order of which was decided by...

Barbara Hill passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Terre Haute Tribune Star on 2024-04-09.

What do the South Portland fishing shacks, the proposed Yard South development, and the Gorham Connector have in common? These activities all represent the failure of too many people to recognize the reality and finality of climate change. It’s tough hearing people ask for the fishing shacks and dunes to be rebuilt at Willard Beach, […]

Trees, oceanside housing, Donald Trump, the Constitution, local health care, downtown architecture. What do these things have in common? They shared space on the Portland Press Herald’s Jan. 27 opinion page, and that made me proud of local people like James Flint, Justin C. Hill, David Simpson, Aaron Hoffman, Barbara Dee and Jake Hawkins. I […]

Is there no way to encourage people to care about the environment?

Criticizing capitalism is a popular cottage industry, but the critics never tell us what system would be better and why. A Jan. 8 letter from Barbara Dee blaming capitalism, “our decidedly evil and outdated market-based system of economics,” for societal ills from homelessness to inequality is a good example. The problem with Ms. Dee’s description […]

I read the articles and editorials on the homeless crisis, and I keep waiting for someone to notice the big picture. I read empty rhetoric about shelters, encampments, sweeps, criminal and drug activity, stories from the lives of homeless, and also a great deal of hand-wringing and “there but for the grace …” – but […]

Barbara Dee passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Salem News on 2023-11-27.

Bug Light Park, as a local icon, deserves to be shielded from the rapacious development envisioned by Yard South

I wish to remind every elected official – from councilor and selectman to the senators and representatives in Augusta and Washington, D.C. – that they were elected not because they know more or are smarter than I am; they were elected because they promised to represent me. They pledged to educate themselves about policies and […]