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With my wine nightcap rapidly clouding my thoughts, I was trying in vain to come up with something to write for today.
I moodily gazed into my favorite sweet, ruby, $3 Tisdale treat and suddenly was hit …
On Tuesday, Republican voters in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota all overwhelmingly picked Rick Santorum in their primaries and caucuses. Santorum has now won more states, with four, than any other contender, including Mitt Romney’s three.
Unfortunately for …
When I was a little girl, I had an unhealthy predilection for Karo syrup.
My father once found me in the kitchen pantry quaffing the sugary goodness from the bottle. I was the girl you’d look at …
As I’m wont to do on lazy mornings, I was recently trolling the TED site for interesting topics to stimulate my sleepy mind.
I came across a talk from last May by Bjarke Ingels titled “Hedonistic Sustainability.” …
On Monday, The Maine Campus ran an op-ed by Daniel White in which he called student debt “[t]he problem” and compared it to indentured servitude (“Mounting student debt oppresses and distresses,” Jan. 30, 2012).
While I agree …
What makes you feel safe? Your husband or wife? Your girlfriend or boyfriend? A warm bed, perhaps?
I feel safe when a multitude of people around me are carrying concealed firearms. The more guns Orono and Bangor …
I know there is a spectrum of thought in any political grouping.
I could be considered a Democrat in most respects, but I don’t take too much at face value.
There are many “liberal” policies I don’t think …
On Tuesday night, Mainers were treated to a political double-feature as Gov. Paul LePage delivered his State of the State address, immediately followed by President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
These addresses are pure political …
“Milk people for what they’re worth.”
I once overheard a mother proudly give this advice to her young daughter, and the words have resonated with me ever since.
It’s a troubling concept — one that would make Machiavelli …
New year, New U—niversity.
After a semester of reading and writing about sustainability on campus, I have convinced myself it is a good goal to keep moving forward — for our reputation, health, sense of community, environment …
