Voters can choose a new direction built on competence and experience or they can stay the current course. Our vote is for a new direction with Janet Mills. Read More
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Golden should be 2nd District voters’ first choice for a more thoughtful, accessible and pragmatic representative in Congress. Read More
To solve the workforce crisis, we need to bring back or attract new people from outside the state, and we must not forget the people who are already here who need additional training or face other barriers to employment. Read More
King offers the smart, moderate representation that Maine needs in the Senate. He should be voters’ first choice on the Nov. 6 ballot. Read More
In politics, for some reason, we never stop believing the boy about there being a wolf Read More
This project would impact Maine utility customers and taxpayers, as well as the state’s economy, for decades to come. Read More
If any further proof is needed to show that expanding Medicaid works to improve the health and well-being of low-income working people, a look at what is happening in Kentucky and Arkansas offers important evidence. Read More
Endorsing Governor LePage for another four years might not be good for the state but would be great for cartooning. Read More
EIA forecasts that average U.S. household expenditures for most major home heating fuels will be higher this winter compared with last winter. Most of the increase reflects higher forecast energy prices. U.S. average heating degree days are expected to be 1% higher than last winter. However, realized expenditures… Read More
The president, a missing journalist and and arms deal. Read More
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Mills will be a check on efforts to roll back legal abortion, undo protections for gay and transgender people and economic policies that favor the wealthy over working people. Read More
The U.S. and its allies will need a more steely approach in dealing with the new wave of Russian cyberattacks. Read More
President Donald Trump’s reaction to the disappearance and death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul reveals important details about the declining influence of the U.S. in the Middle East. As a scholar who follows the links between international and domestic politics in the Middle East,… Read More
Reformers pushing to make college educations more affordable today must be mindful that the changes they make could have unanticipated consequences. Read More
Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. Read More
Elizabeth Warren's DNA stunt was such a blunder: She took Trump's DNA-test dare and let him divide us — again — by race and ethnicity, just as he did when he goaded President Barack Obama to prove his legitimacy by producing his birth certificate. Read More
In voting, it doesn’t really matter which party you register with on paper. Read More
Khashoggi’s disappearance must lead to accountability and consequences. Read More
Simply stated, this project is out of balance. Read More
The evening cocktail has become less an aperitif than a medicinal slug made necessary by the alternative of ripping off my face. Read More
There was only one plausible outcome in the long, tortured saga of Sears Holdings Corp., and it has finally arrived. Read More
I offer this caution to each of my veteran sisters and brothers: Remember that we are better than giving in to raw emotion. Please exercise self-care and do something good for yourselves. Read More
Population can be a touchy subject. Add the word “control” and it gets toxic. The discussion quickly degenerates into charges of eugenics, misogyny and worse. But it wasn’t always so. Read More
This past week was a grim one in climate history, by any measure. Read More
The “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C” contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen when we reach an average global temperature 1.5 degrees C higher than the pre-industrial average. Read More
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got Wednesday, Nov. 7, circled on my calendar. That’s the day after Election Day when all the political ads expire, the lawn signs come down and the robo-calls cease and desist. Read More
That crowd gathering in Maine isn't for a sporting event or to buy lottery tickets. No, the scrum consists of potential challengers to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Read More
All because the world inevitably will get one to two degrees warmer in just a few years. Read More
Rising e-cigarette use by children makes the marketing of this product especially deserving of close attention. Read More
She is certainly open to criticism for having given Kavanaugh the benefit of the doubt in every case. Read More
Kavanaugh tensions linger after bitter fight. Republican and Democratic senators say they’re ready to move on from the fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, but lingering tensions from one of the bitterest fights in recent Senate history are proving difficult to soothe. — News Item… Read More
