By Ed Rice, Special to the Bangor Daily News When all around her members of Congress stood frightened and mute in the face of Joseph McCarthy’s Communist fear-mongering, Margaret Chase Smith of Skowhegan stood, alone, in opposition and spoke what she knew to be right, what she knew to be the truth. Today, we need that spirit in Skowhegan once again. As we move through the 2014-15 academic year, Skowhegan Area High School is now the only school left in Maine using a Native American nickname … [Read more...]