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Bold as Lions
The League is admittedly a small organization
with limited resources, but it has achieved some very great things
lately. An outsider looking on might say that the League's successes,
achieved as they were without large sums of money and without the
support of powerful friends, were very unlikely.
In 2009, the League helped win the fight to preserve marriage and the
family by defeating the same sex marriage law. When winter came, the
League exposed the plan to reintroduce gay marriage against the wishes
of the citizens of Maine. This spring, the League - with the help of
concerned citizens - helped persuade the Maine Human Rights Commission to
withdraw its proposed educational guidelines for transgendered students.
This is quite a record of success for any organization!
May 24, 2010 - 9:29:49 PM
Opinion
A Labyrinth of Errors
Here and there in Maine, visitors from away may spend a pleasant summer afternoon wandering through jade-green mazes hewed out of cornfields. In other tranquil spots around the globe, garden mazes or labyrinths provide a quiet respite from the cares of modern life. There are other sorts of mazes, too.
The most famous one in ancient fable was a dark and dismal place -- the Cave of the Minotaur -- which was used to keep young people captive on the island of Crete. There is yet another type of labyrinth, a labyrinth not made of stone or shrub or tree, but a labyrinth of error, and this labyrinth holds captive the minds of our young.
May 17, 2010 - 9:54:25 AM
Opinion
When Lincoln Advocated Temperance
In 1842, a tall, lanky lawyer stepped forward before a gathering
of humble, down-on-their luck men. The setting was an unpretentious
meeting hall in Springfield, Illinois, and the group that came to hear
the unknown lawyer was the Washingtonian Society, a group of reformed or
struggling alcoholics who joined together to emulate the character of
George Washington, the Father of Our Country.
May 12, 2010 - 2:05:27 PM
Opinion
A Time to Plant
The following intriguing column is by
Alan Lowberg, an independent candidate for Congress in Maine's First
Congressional District. Although The RECORD does not endorse any
congressional candidate in the upcoming election, Mr. Lowberg's
comments are worth reading, since they offer a unique insight into the
current political process.
May 6, 2010 - 9:10:36 AM
Opinion
UMF Student Exploits Loophole in Law
A march scheduled for Farmington on Friday April 30th is provoking a varied, but predictable reaction from the public. Many are expressing outrage over the public display of indecency, while others, like the widely-read columnist John Frary, have written about the subject in a lighthearted fashion - but not without touching on the issue as a matter of conflicting rights and duties. Others are wrongly claiming that the march is a true expression of freedom. The lack of consensus on the meaning of the march, pro or con, is perhaps the most significant aspect of the event.
Apr 28, 2010 - 8:01:12 AM
Opinion
Farmington March Harms Family Values
Newspapers, radio, and television are making
much of an upcoming march
in Farmington, where women will parade indecently in the name of a
cherished
American value,
freedom. Many other public
demonstrations are held in the name of freedom and equality, whether
'freedom of
choice' for those who march for the right to abortion, or 'marriage
equality' and
'pride' for those who pursue same sex marriage. And this appeal
to higher values diverts our attention from the matter which conscience
obliges us to consider, and that is, the morality of the behavior being
paraded.
Apr 21, 2010 - 4:03:23 PM
Opinion
Notable Quotations on the Vice of Gambling
The citizens of Maine can hardly be blamed for
believing that gambling is an innocent pastime. The state government
refuses to condemn gambling as a vice, because the state rakes in
enormous sums of money from its partnership with
Hollywood Slots. Spurred on by the lure of advertising revenue from
the casino, newspapers, radio, and television are quick to tout the
gambling industry as harmless entertainment. The Chairman of the
Gambling Control Board has called Hollywood Slots just that - harmless
entertainment.
Apr 19, 2010 - 11:25:29 AM
Opinion
One Man's Legacy
The author of the following piece was Arthur G. Staples, a
native of Auburn who for many years edited the Lewiston Journal. Though
virtually forgotten today, Staples had an unsurpassed ability to
capture the true spirit of Maine. Active in civic matters, Staples
attended the 1904 Republican National Convention which nominated Teddy
Roosevelt for the presidency. Here Staples reflects on one man's legacy
to future generations.
Apr 14, 2010 - 10:11:51 AM
Opinion
The WCTU Deserves our Support
Last week,
the lifeless body of a man was fished from
the water by a wharf in Portland.
He was found pinned between a boat and a wooden column. It
happened in the Old Port,
a part of the city where bars and taverns line both sides of the street.
On the wharf, police found an old backpack and a half-full bottle of beer.
Apr 13, 2010 - 10:53:34 AM
Opinion
Twelve Signs of Impending Social Collapse
While Democrats and Republicans wrangle endlessly over how to fix a broken economy, other signs of impending social collapse are going unheeded. The twelve warning signs listed below are compiled from ancient historians who recorded how a society gradually slides into hopeless corruption, revolution, or civil war.
These twelve warning signs reveal those areas of society which require the immediate attention of government. Endless palavers about the economy are at best a misdirected effort, and at worst, a deliberate attempt to distract the American people with a pointless charade.
Jan 27, 2010 - 4:01:28 PM
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