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![U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about his response to the violence, injuries and deaths at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville as he talks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2017.](https://bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/08/42420241_H21061918-250x250.jpg "U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about his response to the violence, injuries and deaths at the "Unite the Right\" rally in Charlottesville as he talks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2017.")
![People gather for a vigil in response to the death of a counter-demonstrator at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, outside the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 13, 2017.](https://bdn-data.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/08/42297761_H21053442-250x250.jpg "People gather for a vigil in response to the death of a counter-demonstrator at the "Unite the Right\" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, outside the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 13, 2017.")
EDITORIALS
Why you’ll be better off from that trip to the beach
The repetitive action of the waves is more pleasing to our brains than random, unexpected noise and visuals that typically fill our days.
GEORGE MITCHELL
The U.S. was formed around ideals, not a race or religion
The angry, violent and supremacist views of the neo-Nazis and white supremacists must be categorically and unequivocally rejected by all Americans.
CONTRIBUTORS
We should be deeply worried about NAFTA
He is the most unorthodox and nationalist president of the modern era.
Maine’s disastrous new solar rules violate our right to energy independence
CMP and Emera will now monitor your home energy use and actually charge you for the electricity you make and consume onsite.
EDITORIALS
Mary Mayhew has a DHHS record she can only portray favorably with spin
As Mayhew’s gubernatorial campaign proceeds, she’ll have to answer for her record at DHHS.
CONTRIBUTORS
Three reasons fascism spread in 1930s America, and might spread again today
The last time fascism was brazenly embraced was in the 1930s, and the lessons of that crucial decade bear increasing relevance for modern American life.
CONTRIBUTORS
Charlottesville is not the continuation of an old fight. It is something new.
What happened in Charlottesville makes everything look too simple. The fight, it would seem, is between neo-Nazis and those who resist them. Yet, the country’s struggle is new.
CONTRIBUTORS
Charlottesville shakes the Trump presidency
To watch Trump’s defenders on Wednesday struggle with trying to defend his bizarre statements is beyond sad; it is pathetic.
CONTRIBUTORS
The Confederate battle flag isn’t a symbol of Southern heritage. It’s a flag of treason.
The time has come to squarely face the history of the Confederacy.
EDITORIALS
Raising tobacco purchase age is about health, not military enlistment or voting
The bill wasn’t about not liking tobacco. Rather, it aimed to reduce youth smoking.
POLLWAYS
Confederates and both Presidents Bush tell Trump that Jefferson is not like Lee
PINE TREE POLITICS
What President Trump should have said
In my mind, there was indeed room for the president to bring up, and talk about, the violence that left-wing groups like Antifa engage in. His big mistake was focusing so much of his attention on making that point.
DAVID FARMER
LePage fails the test of Charlottesville
His silence speaks as loud as his usual bluster.
EDITORIALS
Despite heated rhetoric, US and North Korea aren’t ready for war
There is a lot happening behind the scenes that, if not reassuring, is not as bombastic as the rhetoric from the two leaders.
CONTRIBUTORS
Zinke has only one legal option for Katahdin Woods and Waters: retain its monument status
This outcome complies with the Antiquities Act, upholds the agreement between the former landowners and the government, and respects the investment that people of this state have already made in and around the monument.
CONTRIBUTORS
An honest conversation about race is not allowed
Whenever those conversations happen, they quickly devolve into accusations of racism.
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NOTES FROM A CORNER OF THE COUNTRY
GOP conservatives forced to confront Trump's "base"
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MAINELY THOUGHTS
Dear Birth Mom: racial unrest in the news makes me think of you
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RESEARCH SHOWS
It took activism and resistance for women to win the right to vote
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Roadblocks, weapons bans as Boston braces for ‘Free Speech’ rally
Cat loses leg after being shot in Thomaston
Old Maine farmhouse finds new life as farm-to-table cafe
Removing mercury from Penobscot River likely won’t be easy
Officials groups unable to keep pace with growth of Maine sports