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People can mistake politicians’ bluster for boldness and wisdom. Making political assertions without substance has created myths often mistaken for political truth. Time for some myth-busting. The “deep state” is running the country, according to one myth. The country is secretly under the control of unseen,… Read More
Can a televised debate in 2019 really serve the public interest? Read More
Historic spacewalk. Read More
Maine’s work should be informed by what is happening in Stockton, California, one of the first cities in America to offer a universal basic income to low-income residents. Read More
Letters to the editor for Saturday, October 19, 2019: Protects the Arctic Refuge, ICE is needed to enforce the law, brake for caterpillars. Read More
The bottom line is that we should all be more aware of — and concerned about — how we are being manipulated by other countries that don’t necessarily share our goals. Read More
Here in the opinion pages of the Bangor Daily News, we have an opportunity to share the opinions of Maine people from wide-ranging experiences and perspectives. Read More
The presidential debates and the way we pick our candidates seems somewhat problematic to me. Read More
A cornucopia of acorns has been falling from oak trees this season, a phenomenon that happens roughly every two to five years for reasons that defy scientific explanation. — News Item… Read More
A call for a ceasefire and sanctions could have been avoided by just continuing to support the Kurds. Read More
The College Republicans in Orono and their philosophically-aligned groups are not strangers to boundary-pushing. Read More
The recent public relations dilemma faced by the National Basketball Association (NBA) after Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey’s pro-democracy tweet, earlier in October, revealed the internal conflict currently experienced by the NBA as it transitions from a local to a global product. Basketball games, the epicenter of… Read More
Letters to the editor for Friday, October 18, 2019: Leave party affiliation out of local politics, Trump and the Kurds, Okafur has my vote for Bangor City Council. Read More
Letters to the editor for Thursday, October 17, 2019: Just the beginning for Lincoln, state authority to protect the internet, bearing arms and paying medical bills. Read More
Career and technical education in Maine needs and deserves more funding. Read More
The word "jeopardy" is defined as "in danger, in peril, at risk." With my stage 4 diagnosis, most days it's hard not to think of my life as a full-time contestant wagering it all on the luck of the draw. Read More
In Ohio on Tuesday, Democrats sounded very much like Republicans of yore in denouncing Trump for jeopardizing national security. Read More
John Bolton's most accurate threat assessment when he was President Trump's national security adviser may have been his description of former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as a "hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up." Read More
Mass shootings, meaning incidents with at least two deaths, in schools are horrifying. But it is highly unlikely that a child would ever witness one. Read More
We owe much to our farm families, particularly for dedicating their lives to ensuring we have access to safe, secure, affordable and nutritious food, while at the same time protecting the environment and our precious natural resources. Read More
The anti-conservatism is increasing at most national education venues. Read More
As populations age, tourism hot-spots get more crowded, and overseas travel becomes less sustainable, some are betting that they can make money by keeping would-be travelers happily at home. Read More
No one who enters Trump's orbit leaves unscathed. Read More
The story of Maine’s Jews, as described in an exhibit at the Maine State Museum, is hardly unique. Read More
We need comprehensive protections for trans people so we can safely live and work anywhere in the country. Read More
So far, North Korea has gotten a lot out of the new relationship with the United States. Read More
Bashar al-Assad, for all his faults, is much more likely to stick to a deal once he makes it than Trump is. Read More
Yes, it is different this time. Read More
What makes it powerful isn't that it's unusual. It's that it's so infuriatingly common. Read More
We don’t need to raise property taxes to put these homes to good use in the hands of our neighbors most in need. Read More
North Korea's growing nuclear arsenal and American inability to prevent it is getting the silent treatment. Read More
International cooperation. Read More
As health professionals, we’ve seen how much physical pain, stress and needless emergency spending occurs when Mainers can’t afford to access basic care for their teeth. Read More
For the past three years, Americans have relied on the judiciary to serve as a guardrail against a president who flouts norms and laws in an effort to enact a radically right-wing and self-serving agenda. Read More
