Tom McLaughlin

A former history teacher, Tom is a columnist who lives in Lovell, Maine. His column is published in Maine and New Hampshire newspapers and on numerous web sites. Email: tomthemick@gmail.com

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Purging Christianity

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Why is our observance of Halloween growing? Everywhere I look I’m seeing ghosts and other symbols of death on people’s lawns, on televisi...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Extremists

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Who are the extremists? That’s the only question I’m left with after watching last week’s capitulation of establishment Republican “leade...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

On The Wind

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Scent affects my consciousness more lately than it ever did, perhaps because my other senses are getting less acute to the point where I ...
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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Time To Pare Back Government

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Been spending a lot of time up on a ladder lately, scraping and painting. State and federal regulations dictate that only the homeowner ...
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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Time To Arm Teachers

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School has been back in session for a month and there hasn’t been a mass shooting - yet. Will there be one this year? Most likely. Where?...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Past Is Always With Us

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The old man sat alone on a bench with a cane propped against one leg. We rode past on bicycles and he said something I didn’t understand. I...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Can't Go On Like This

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Something’s in the air - a foreboding. People sense it, and when I ask them to describe it they bite their lips, look away and look back ...
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Tom McLaughlin
Lovell and South Portland, Maine, United States
Father, grandfather, husband, brother, friend, conservative, photographer, family historian,
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