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  • The Universal Notebook: Is there hope for Obama?

    Republicans tend to think that all Democrats love President Barack Obama and follow him blindly into the hopeful future. Not so. Especially not now. When then-Sen. Obama first announced that he was running for the presidency, my initial reaction was that he lacked the essential expe...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

  • Abby's Road: The challenges of gift giving

    I like to give gifts that can be measured calorically. In my book, you haven’t really said thank you, or Happy Birthday, or sorry about your appendix, if you haven’t handed over a bottle of wine, or a cake made of cookies, or the gluten-free brownies you doubt are at all enjoyable.

    Abby Diaz • Opinion •
    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00 am
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  • Letter: Bring back the old Beem

    Hippies have been an amusing feature of Maine’s landscape since the Muskie days. The freedom-loving, carefree, nonviolent hippie complemented the state’s core fabric of toleration and peaceful community. Generous Mainers and visitors have looked past the vehicles and homes in variou... 1

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    Monday, March 22, 2010 at 10:40 am

  • Letter: Beem doesn't tell Whole Foods truth

    Edgar Allen Beem says he "could buy (albeit more expensively) at Whole Foods if I could stomach the conservative politics if its owner, John Mackey.” Beem once again regurgitates the progressive talking points with regard to “conservatives.” I am a conservative. Unlike ... 1

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    Monday, March 22, 2010 at 10:40 am

  • The Universal Notebook: The companies you keep

    Over the years, I have sometimes been accused of being anti-business. As a progressive, I tend to favor labor over management, the common good over corporate profit, cooperation over competition. But there are some companies I love despite myself. I am spoiled, of course, by having a spous...

    Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
    Monday, March 15, 2010 at 2:40 pm

  • Probing Politics: The Legislature's taxing logic

    Here’s a question that most people outside the capitol in Augusta could answer correctly with very little policy background. If Maine wanted to encourage retaining high-wage manufacturing jobs would it A) increase the tax on fuel and electricity used in manufacturing or B) retain or even re...

    Tony Payne • Opinion •
    Monday, March 15, 2010 at 2:10 pm

  • Letter: Otten story a 'hatchet job'

    Most successful business owners have had setbacks in their careers. The proof of a successful career is one's ability to bounce back from tough times. Not only has Les Otten helped create many hundreds of jobs in the Bethel area, but most of these jobs still exist. Otten is still creating ...

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    Monday, March 15, 2010 at 1:40 pm

  • Letter: Raise Beem's taxes, please

    Six years ago, in another of his soak-the-rich socialist screeds ("Who needs property tax relief," March 4, 2004), Edgar Allen Beem volunteered that less than $10,000 separated him from the poorhouse. In other words, he counted himself among that segment of the population consuming almost as much... 1

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    Monday, March 15, 2010 at 1:00 pm

  • Letter: Falmouth conservation plan goes too far

    Congratulation to the Falmouth Town Council for listening to residents and removing the 750-foot dimensional standard around vernal pools. Yet, a landowner with an insignificant vernal pool 10 feet across will have 4.69 acres of her land affected by this new regulation. Why? The state only regula...

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    Monday, March 15, 2010 at 12:00 pm

  • Letter: When trees are trimmed, power stays on

    I would like to thank the town of Cape Elizabeth and Central Maine Power Co. for removing the trees and overgrowth along Sawyer Street between Eastman and Fickett streets last week. High winds consistently uproot trees and break branches near the utility lines, causing extended power outages to ...

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    Monday, March 15, 2010 at 10:50 am
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