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If the deaths of two congressional-level Republicans after contracting coronavirus are grim markers of the virus’s toll, their two widows campaigning to take their place may be symbols of perseverance and renewal after the pandemic.
'I Have a Dream' and 99 Other Groundbreaking 20th Century Speeches By Isabel Sepulveda, Stacker News On 1/31/21 at 11:00 AM EST The 20th century was one of the most varied, hopeful, and tumultuous in world history. From the Gilded Age to the beginning of the Internet Age—with plenty of stops along the way—it was a century punctuated by conflicts including two World Wars, the Cold War, the War in Vietnam, and the development of nuclear warfare. At the same time, the 20th century was characterized by a push for equality: Women in the United States received the right to vote after decad...
Maine Voices: Shattering of Capitol’s sanctity demonstrates our nation’s fragility Everyone who truly wants to protect our founding principles must stand up now for unity and justice. By Michael ConathanSpecial to the Press Herald Share For almost eight years, Capitol Hill and the U.S. Capitol complex was my family’s home. I walked daily across the Hill to my office in the Hart Senate Office Building, where I worked as an aide to Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe. Like any job, there were good days and bad, but there was never a day I didn’t feel a deep respect and awe for the place, its his...
Braves’ Smith eager to join state’s top tier 12/30/20 6:56 AM The Indian Creek swim program has long punched above its weight class, sending numerous swimmers off to Division I colleges despite sometimes not having enough bodies to fill out three full relay teams. Joey Smith appears next in line to carry on that tradition. In a county loaded with top-tier swimmers this season — Center Grove’s Ethan Martin and Franklin’s Cade Oliver and Mac Ratzlaff are all returning top-three state finishers — Smith is emerging as another contender. Earlier this month, the junior turned some heads...
Separating themselves from him and restoring confidence in the rule of law? madam speaker, we have seen republican courage throughout our history. from the civil war to the cold war. in 1950 fargerate chase smith, the senator from maine, a republican spokeling bravely against the cancer of mccarthyism in her party, leading six of her republican colleagues in a declaration of conscience against their own leadership. we are republicans, they declared, but we are americans first. in 1974 one congressman took the brave and principled step of becoming the first republican on the judiciary committee...