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Reaction to the speaker’s announcement of an inquiry into President Biden. Also: Children and freedom; the national popular vote; “women,” not “girls.”
The widespread effort throughout the country to ban books from school libraries and classrooms is shameful and also, at times, baffling. The New York Times reported today (“Texas school district removes Bible and Anne Frank adaptation in back-to-school sweep,” Aug. 17) that a school district in Texas ordered the Bible to be taken from the […]
After the Uvalde shooting, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was quoted as saying: "It seems to me there are two broad categories that underscore the
As the Portland Charter Commission works to assemble a preliminary report for the City Council by the upcoming May 9 deadline, I write to ask that each of the commissioners’ proposals that ends up being submitted to the voters be accompanied by an estimate of its cost to implement; savings that are projected to accrue, […]
In his April 1 letter to the editor outlining the multiplier effect on our state’s economy of the $850 checks proposed to be sent to qualified Mainers, Bob Jean refers to Janet Mills as “our clever little governor.” I am reminded of Helena’s quote in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: “And though she be but little, […]