Category: D. Allan Kerr
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Medicaid Expansion Is Simply A No-Brainer
By D. Allan Kerr Legislative acts, from the local to federal levels, are often so convoluted and complex the common citizen has to rely on politicians who provide their own interpretation of what the legislation means. This is what’s happening…
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A Verbal Mistletoe
By D. Allan Kerr I suppose there are a lot of important issues which could be offered in this space today for complaint, admonishment, railing, kvetching, denouncing, whining, condemning or bitching. A tax bill blatantly reinforcing the Republican stereotype of…
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Lessons For American Boys
By D. Allan Kerr If I’m a young boy growing up in 2017 America, the lesson I’m learning from today’s headlines is: Don’t admit any wrongdoing if you are ever accused of doing something you shouldn’t. And don’t apologize to…
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Why Maine’s Medicaid Battle Matters
By D. Allan Kerr Earlier this month, nearly 60% of Maine voters chose to expand Medicaid for their fellow citizens in need. Almost immediately, the guy currently occupying the governor’s office set out – yet again – to subvert the…
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Captain America Versus The Red Skull
By D. Allan Kerr Personally, I hope Donald Trump tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller III. Citizens are generally more inclined to take a side when clear-cut battle lines are drawn between good and evil, and drastic action such…
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Jesus Was A Liberal (Like It Or Not)
By D. Allan Kerr Many things confuse me in this world, but one of the biggest is evangelical Christians who ally themselves with right-wing conservative politicians. I don’t think conservatives are evil, but logic suggests people who are admirers of…
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Leadership Takes More Than Talk
By D. Allan Kerr We had to stop at a red light as we were pulling out of the Market Basket parking lot in Portsmouth last weekend, where a man was holding a sign saying he needed food and blankets.…
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Saving Captain Mueller
By D. Allan Kerr Just to be clear, Robert Mueller III doesn’t need anyone to fight his battles for him. Time magazine once recounted an exchange during his tenure as FBI director where one of his deputies advised Mueller to…
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The Political Correctness of Being Politically Incorrect
By D. Allan Kerr There are voters out there who embrace those who showcase an attitude perceived as being Politically Incorrect, and there are politicians who pander to those voters. But there also seems to be a line these folks…
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Conflicts of a Confederate
By D. Allan Kerr There was a time, not so long ago, I might have been one of those people rallying in defense of the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month. Not during the parade of…
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