Elliott Epstein: The 1619 Project is full of uncomfortable truths that should be taught in Maine schools

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December 4, 2022

Elliott Epstein: The 1619 Project is full of uncomfortable truths that should be taught in Maine schools

The racial attitudes and behaviors established through slavery persisted long after its abolition in 1865. The 1619 Project addresses these in great detail and provides insights into the racial divide which plagues this country to the present day.
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December 4, 2022

Austin Bay: The Tiananmen Tiger stalks the Chinese Communist government

The current demonstrations are the first widespread mass protests against Chinese Communist Party rule since Tiananmen.
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December 4, 2022

Cal Thomas: On turning 80

I've been asked when I will retire, but I can't think of anything that matches or exceeds expressing my opinions and getting paid for them. If good health continues, and with the approval of editors around the country, I shall press on, annoying liberals for as long as I am able.
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December 4, 2022

Froma Harrop: Apple is real. Twitter, not really

Apple sells real stuff, things that need to be recharged. Twitter does not. It's just an app that the delete button can make disappear.
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December 4, 2022

Rich Lowry: If Trump 1.0 was chaotic, just wait

Getting reelected would be the greatest imaginable vindication. It would be a victory over everyone who condemned his conduct after the 2020 election. It would show that all those politicos who said he needed to moderate his conduct didn't know what they were talking about. It would be a rebuke to "DeSanctimonious" and "Young Kin" and everyone else people mistakenly forecast could be the future of the GOP.

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December 4, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Why is America like this?

It is the question that haunts every mass shooting. It seems to be asked in the tacit belief that if we could just find a reasonable motive, just suss out a cause, it might provide a way to comprehend the incomprehensible — even suggest a road map to preventing the next one. In America, there is always a next one.
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December 4, 2022

Jacob Posik: Gov. Mills’ questionable assault on the free press

The people of Maine deserve to know what Gov. Janet Mills tried to do to select members of the press, and how willing established outlets were to give this whole story a good leaving alone.
Published
December 3, 2022

Rich Lowry: The extreme recklessness of Biden 2.0

Democrats consider Joe Biden the safe choice in 2024, since he's the incumbent and surrounded by flawed alternatives, yet he is actually an enormous risk. Nominating him again would be extremely reckless, both for the party and for the country.
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December 3, 2022

Froma Harrop: Fauci proved no good deed goes unpunished

When the COVID vaccine came along, you never tired of urging Americans to obtain it. Over a million Americans died from COVID, but an estimated 234,000 of those deaths could have been prevented if everyone had gotten their shots.
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December 3, 2022

Bob Neal: The Countryman: ‘Tis the season to really plan for the future

We see the consequences of ignored mental illness everywhere. No treatment for thousands living on the streets because their mental condition keeps them from coping safely with life. No treatment for thousands of veterans who came home with trauma invading their daily lives. No treatment for thousands who fall victim to addictive drugs, legal and illegal. No treatment for thousands who can’t get through a day without anxiety or depression.

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