Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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Bre Kidman

Unpacking the Sausage: There’s wisdom in the burnout

I’m finding it challenging to avoid running myself ragged lately. At first, my return to the social justice workforce in a relatively straightforward role at...
Al Diamon

Politics & Other Mistakes: Total recall

The way we hold elections isn’t fair to one group of voters: Stupid people. Whenever we schedule votes for city and town offices, we do so...
Edgar Allen Beem

The Universal Notebook: The evolution of (my) consciousness

The year I was born, 1949, was an ominous year. In June, George Orwell published “1984.” In August, the Soviet Union tested its first...
Edgar Allen Beem

The Universal Notebook: Darn those Red Sox!

For decades I have known that the only Red Sox game I attended as a kid was a game in which Ted Williams hit...
Al Diamon

Politics & Other Mistakes: The war after the war

If you like your political fights ugly, you’re going to enjoy the rest of this year. After the Legislature gets done screaming about abortion,...
Bre Kidman

Unpacking the Sausage: The artificial sausage

My partner was mostly joking when they suggested I use ChatGPT to write my column for me.  I had writer’s block last week. I spent...

Letter: Neo-Nazi rally in Portland is dangerous

Growing up in a suburb of Stuttgart, Germany, in the 1940s, I was fortunate not to see a Nazi rally. Now, my hometown Portland...
Al Diamon

Politics & Other Mistakes: Lawyers in love

Aaron Frey should resign as Maine’s attorney general. If Frey refuses to go, the Legislature should force him out. Reality check: Neither of those things...
Edgar Allen Beem

The Universal Notebook: Distant relatives

My Aunt Janet died last month in Georgia at the age of 89. She was the last of her generation in our family, which...

Another Viewpoint: The gruesome methods of the death penalty

Last month, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a regressive bill that would allow the state’s death row prisoners to be executed by firing squad....