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Letters to the editor Tuesday, June 18, 2019: Expand Maine’s earned income tax credit, majority winners and RCV, social media and school threats Read More
The evidence is far from conclusive, but on balance Iran probably is behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last month and two more last Thursday. Read More
In a stunning departure from the code of silence that has kept all percipient witnesses to President Donald Trump's conduct detailed in Volume II of the Robert Mueller report, the president's former close aide Hope Hicks has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Read More
The more I have learned about canning safety, the more I have learned about what can go wrong if the proper precautions aren’t taken. Read More
Rules for a retail marijuana market in Maine are overdue. These rules meet important standards and should move forward. Read More
On Sunday, we honor our fathers, recognize their sacrifices, the example they set, the way they toil for their families, and the often-thankless job that falls to them of pushing us up and out of the nest. Read More
Trump would listen to 2020 foreign intelligence. –News Item (With apologies to Jay Ward) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if… Read More
Portland’s welcome mat for recent asylum seekers could be a lesson for our current administration. Read More
Maine’s tight, expensive rental market. Read More
Last week, President Trump traveled to Europe, jumped into British politics, patronized the Irish Prime Minister and attacked House Speaker Pelosi while he sat in front of American war graves at Normandy. It’s no surprise that Democrats and “Never Trumpers” want to see him defeated next… Read More
Having devoted much of my research, writing, and teaching to the topic of utopianism, or the allegedly perfect society, I have never felt the need to add “strategic” to “vision.” Nor, to my knowledge, have any other serious scholars and teachers. A serious vision by definition–and by history—should… Read More
Letters to the editor for Monday, June 17, 2019: Thoughts on the media, focus attention of Maine, a sad state of affairs. Read More
Letters to the editor for: Saturday, June 15, 2019: Sick of the Belfast doomsday stories, Change our energy sources, Hampden should join call for carbon fee bill. Read More
Repealing the 2017 tax cuts would not just hurt the wealthy and corporations. It would also leave middle-class Americans tens of thousands of dollars poorer. Read More
In an employee-owned company, the hard work of employees and financial rewards that come from that work accrue to the employees because they own the company. Read More
That job description admittedly doesn't include partisan advocacy, but the president Conway serves is a politician, albeit an unconventional one. And she is by trade a political operative. Read More
Governments that respect democracy, transparency and truth don't systematically obstruct scientific research and harass scientists. Read More
Some fans do not accept the legitimacy of the Team A’s World Series win. Read More
This weekend, Down East Maine celebrates Margaretta Days and commemorates one of the first events in America’s separation from the domination of Great Britain in its journey to becoming the sovereign nation we know today. It is important, particularly for those of us with Down… Read More
We are so fortunate to be home to the freshest water in the world. Let’s use that water to give back to the rest of our state. Read More
Mainers’ incomes have not kept up with housing costs, which makes housing less affordable for many of us. Read More
The real problem is that with each new insult and outrage, we are breaking what Lincoln called the "bonds of affection." Read More
Mainers recognize the threat posed by climate change and strongly support taking action to fight it. Read More
An engaged, informed citizenry making its voice heard through the vote is a key pillar of our democracy. Read More
The theory of efficient markets, when applied beyond financial markets, is proposed by those who bridle against government regulation of business. Their idea is that markets will punish bad behavior of individual firms or even whole industries and thus create incentives for firms to produce goods and services… Read More
Solar energy is booming across the country, but that unfortunately hasn't been the case in Maine. Read More
In 21st-century America — with pills, patches, spermicides, morning-after medications, IUDs, condoms or some combination thereof — we should be well beyond all but the rare abortion. Read More
It was so powerful to meet these courageous men where, 75 years before, they carried out the largest and most difficult and dangerous amphibious assault in history and began their liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe in World War II. Read More
We have come a long way in the last half a century, but discrimination persists. We can't let progress backslide. Read More
Market pharmacy. What a great idea. Read More
Surprisingly little has been reported about Gov. Janet Mills’ behind-the-scenes efforts to work directly with gun owners groups on gun control legislation. Read More
If the Mexicans and the Canadians can work around his histrionics, why can’t the Chinese? Read More
Maybe Joe Biden had to flip on the question of taxpayer funding for abortion in order to win the Democratic presidential nomination. But there will be a cost to Biden's choice. Read More
