Are Democrats across this country capable of uniting behind one or two controversial issues and going after the vast millions of Trump-loving Republicans who want nothing more than to impose their version of an autocratic government on the entire United States population? Based on ample evidence that’s been provided in the months since last year’s …
By Hugh Bowden As the investigation into the failed mob attack of the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 of last year has unfolded over the past 13 months, much has been revealed about the involvement of militant right-wing groups such as the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys in that insurrection. With former President …
Growing up with two God-loving conservative parents, it seemed the natural thing for me to enroll as a Republican when I registered to vote in my first election. And for years after that, as I developed a political philosophy that embraced individual liberty, fiscal responsibility, small government to the extent possible and a willingness to …
For many years, as executive editor of this newspaper, I wrote editorials decrying the inexorable increase, year after year after year, in our national debt. Most of those annual increases very likely could have been avoided had members of Congress — both Republicans and Democrats — been less inclined to spend money the government didn’t …
We no longer have a democracy. We’re losing thousands of lives a day to a pandemic that never should have gotten to this stage. We have an economy in shambles, with millions of Americans wondering where their next meal will come from and how they will keep a roof over the heads of their children. …
BLUE HILL — One might think that, as he closes in on his 80th birthday, Noel Paul Stookey would be content to kick back, relax and take a contemplative view of a musical career that has spanned six decades. But on a November afternoon, sitting in the kitchen of his South Blue Hill home with …
When one thinks about it, there’s a good explanation why millions of Donald Trump supporters cannot acknowledge that scarcely a day goes by when he doesn’t disgrace the office he now holds. Were they to acknowledge that disgrace, it would call into question their faulty judgment, and they simply cannot tolerate that thought. Only when …
BANGOR — With a 26-point effort from junior guard Taylor Schildroth and 15 rebounds and 12 blocked shots by junior center Max Mattson, the George Stevens Academy boys’ basketball team finally broke open a seesaw game in the fourth quarter and downed Fort Fairfield 59-45 for the Class C North title Saturday at the Cross …
BANGOR — Faced with the toughest defense they saw all season, the George Stevens Academy girls came up three points short in their bid for the Class C championship game Saturday night at the Cross Insurance Center. The swarming defense of the Dexter Tigers prevented the second-seeded Eagles from mounting any consistent offensive flow, limiting them …
By Hugh Bowden Do you sometimes wonder what’s wrong with much of the national news media — and the American public it purports to serve? Maybe this sums it up: The following headline came across our Internet news feed on a recent Saturday night: “Amber and Johnny’s divorce explodes: Everything you need to know.” We …
BREWER — For the fourth time in five years, the Bucksport Golden Bucks have won the Class C regional softball title and will advance to Saturday’s state championship competition against Madison set for 12:30 p.m. at St. Joseph College in Standish. Sophomore righthander Katelin Saunders retired the fourth-seeded Mattanawcook Academy Lynx in order in six …
Sometimes classical, sometimes bluesy, sometimes jazzy and always exquisitely beautiful. That’s the original music produced by pianist Scott Cleveland of Brooklin on his new recording titled “Short Pieces for Solo Piano.” Cleveland graduated in 1976 from the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, which can boast alumni who collectively have won more than 250 …
