Monday, June 5, 2023
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Your Letters: Public notices should remain in newspapers

In my mind, the reasons to keep public notices in print are based on accessibility. In a state like Maine it is unfair to assume...
Al Diamon

Politics & Other Mistakes: Tweety and Sylvester go to Augusta

I don’t want to be drawn into the debate over whether domestic cats should be restricted from wandering around outside killing songbirds and unattended...
Edgar Allen Beem

The Universal Notebook: The lawlessness to come

One of the most insidious effects of the Republican Party being taken over by MAGA extremists is the lawlessness that is to come as...
Bre Kidman

Unpacking the Sausage: A groomer narrative

The cleverest part about painting a political enemy as irrationally sensitive is that it creates a filter through which everything they say is perceived...
Al Diamon

Politics & Other Mistakes: Twit King

Few Maine politicians have had an easier time getting re-elected than independent U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018. King was opposed by…hmmm, it’s tough...

The role of a newspaper

The Maine newspaper industry is currently fighting a new skirmish in the perpetual battle over the publication of public notices in their pages. Current law...
Edgar Allen Beem

The Universal Notebook: ‘Woke’ is a bad joke

The term “woke” is getting a lot of political play these days because the radical right has weaponized a term that once had meaning...
Edgar Allen Beem

The Universal Notebook: Teen Expo

Over February school vacation, with my lovely wife Carolyn away in Hawaii, I took in a few high school basketball games at the Portland...
Bre Kidman

Unpacking the Sausage: Totally retro

You and I in a little toy shop Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got Set them free at the break of dawn 'Til...
Al Diamon

Politics & Other Mistakes: Plate tectonics

Maine has a long history of ugly license plates. Who can forget the ill-considered potato plate (is that a turd?), the supposedly humorous black...