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PublishedOctober 27, 2013
THEODORA KALIKOW: Remember that 1950s chemistry lab? Maine university still has it.
Once upon a time, when the Earth’s crust was barely cool, I was a junior in high school and it was time for chemistry class. I was wild about atoms and molecules and now, at last, I was going to learn formally about them.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2013
KATHLEEN PARKER: Men strut and preen; women accomplish Great Compromise
Most Americans of a certain age grew up hearing the adage: “Behind every great man is a great woman,” or some variation thereof.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2013
MAINE COMPASS: New carbon emissions rules offer great benefits to Maine
A few years ago, I served on a panel as part of a National Academy of Sciences study titled “America’s Climate Choices.” One of the takeaway lessons from that study was that carbon dioxide has a very long residence time in the atmosphere, up to 1,000 years.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2013
M.D. HARMON: Income redistribution from young to the old has gotten out of hand
The interesting thing about the truth is that hard facts don’t bend to political spin.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2013
FINDING THE PONY: Other people get cancer, not Jim Arnold
My older daughter, Jennifer, is now 44. From day one at school, she was driven to succeed. The drive didn’t come from me. I was, at best, an indifferent student. If I was interested, I did well. If I wasn’t, well ... C is passing, right?
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PublishedOctober 25, 2013
FROM THE STATE HOUSE: Those who need temporary help also need skills, training to get a good job
Dee Clarke from Portland is single mother with three children and serious health issues. She wants to work, but for years her health was a barrier to holding down a good job. Like so many struggling families, Clarke needed to turn to the state for help.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2013
ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: Local officials hold their breaths as group looks for budget cuts
In a previous column, I related some of the facts surrounding the huge cuts in the “core” of state revenue sharing and some of the effects on local municipalities.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2013
MAINE STREAM: When it comes to sustainability, today’s students will be leaders
The kids were intelligent, inquisitive, and way ahead of me on the issues of sustainability. When Hall-Dale teacher Bob Sinclair invited me to speak to his class of juniors and seniors studying sustainability, I was very pleased.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2013
KATHLEEN PARKER: Challenge for moderate middle is to create organizing principle
This just in from a new Esquire/NBC News study: There are more Americans in the vast middle than on either the left or right.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2013
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Washington Redskins fall victim to the fact that words evolve
In the matter of the (Washington) Redskins. I don’t like being lectured by sportscasters about ethnic sensitivity. Or advised by the president of the United States about changing team names. Or blackmailed by tribal leaders playing the race card. I don’t like the language police ensuring that no one anywhere gives offense to anyone about […]
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