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Sep
26
Aunt Dot

On Thursday afternoon my grandmother’s sister passed away in Connecticut.
She was a wonderful, caring woman; I really only saw her at the holidays when she hosted the entire …

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Sep
22
Stephen Colbert Picks Up Apology

So I wrote to Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart after Richard L. Connor’s apology for Ramadan coverage on September 11th.
After a week of not seeing anything, I gave …

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Sep
21
Richard L. Connor Recants his Apology

I have to mention this (a few days late). Portland Press Herald editor and publisher, Richard L. Connor, has written another article about his apology for the Ramadan coverage …

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Sep
16
Press Herald Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor of the Portland Press Herald regarding their apology are finally up: “More Letters to the editor, Sept. 16, 2010: Same day, different views: Eid and Sept. …

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Sep
15
Poniewozik on the Press Herald

Whoa! James Poniewozik of Time Magazine has picked up the Portland Press Herald apology story (and gives it a great title, too!): “Paper to Readers: Sorry for Portraying Muslims …

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Sep
14
Apologygate Cover

As I’m under 40 and read my news online, I hadn’t actually seen the cover of Saturday’s apology-worthy Portland Press Herald (“No Journalistic Standards Since 2010″) until now:

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Sep
14
USA Today on the Apology

I’m not letting this die until Jon Stewart is poking fun of the Press Herald or Keith Olbermann lists Richard Connor as a “Worst Person in the World”.
The Associated Press …

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Sep
14
The Opposite of Idiots

Back in July we went to the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville, and fell in love with the Bollywood film 3 Idiots (see Maine International Film Festival).
It’s the highest …

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Sep
13
Justin on the Apology

Our old friend Justin Ellis has weighed in on the Portland Press Herald apology: “Journalism Fail: Why the Portland Press Herald’s apology for covering Ramadan is wrong.”

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Sep
12
Goodbye Maine Sunday Telegram

I belong to that increasing population of people, mostly under the age of 40, who get most of their news from the internet. During the week I don’t buy …

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Sep
8
Autumn

I came home last night at 8 pm and it was dark. Like, headlights-on dark. Then I got up this morning at 6 am and it was dark. …

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Sep
6
Portland, Ramadan and Sports

Yesterday’s Maine Sunday Telegram had an interesting article about local Muslim teens who play sports while observing Ramadan, “Holy month presents challenge to Muslims who play sports.”
I’m not quite sure …

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Sep
1
USM

Last night I started my first of four classes at USM’s Muskie School of Public Service towards a Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development. Tomorrow night is my …

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Aug
29
Telegraph Island on Warehouse 13!

So, being a busy summer and all, I’m a bit behind on some of my television shows. Yesterday I caught up on a few of the recent episodes of …

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Aug
27
Dubai, Global City

Looks like Dubai is number 27 on The Global Cities Index for 2010 from Foreign Policy, A.T. Kearney, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Here are the top ten:
1 New York
2 London
3 Tokyo
4 Paris
5 Hong …

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Aug
26
2011 Jetta

Ooh, the Orlando Sentinel has a glowing review of the new Volkswagen Jetta: “All-new VW Jetta bigger, prettier, cheaper.”
While I really don’t care if it’s any bigger, I am a …

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Aug
25
More on the Cordoba House

If the debate over the proposed Muslim community center in NYC were actually a discussion, we’d probably see more articles like this one from the Christian Science Monitor: “Sex shop …

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Aug
25
Banning Mixed Marriage in Dubai

Yesterday’s The National had an interesting article about banning Emirate marriages to foreigners: “Grand Mufti of Dubai calls for curb on mixed marriages.”
I like how they have statistics for some …

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Aug
24
Mickey Hates Muslims, too? Shit.

Yuh-oh. Nobody wins here: “Disneyland Prohibits Muslim Worker from Wearing Hijab on the Job, Suit Claims.”

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Aug
23
Tide Power

You probably heard about the tidal current generators Eastport last week, but this article has a good description (and pictures) of the TidGen turbines: “Maine offshore energy project exceeds expectations.”
Every …

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