But people inside and out of China will have noticed that secrecy and control can be deadly, and will begin to question whether the system is in fact as effective as China's leaders make it out to be. Read More
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The Roger Stone Tattoo. Read More
Media Trades is a (free and nonprofit) website with a simple premise: to pair up people from the left and right to trade media content. Read More
Not a single Mainer should be rationing medication or avoiding a trip to the doctor because we aren’t sure what it will end up costing. Read More
The role of campaign cash is often overstated in politics. Once you have “enough,” the marginal value of an additional dollar drops quickly. Read More
Online dating. Read More
Following a presidential tweet, Donald Trump's Department of Justice is poised to betray Robert Mueller's independence — after the fact. Read More
For all the (often unhelpful) talk about “two Maines” there is at least one thing that unifies every region of the state: a single area code. Read More
While the referendum question is about whether every child must have all recommended vaccines in order to attend school, underlying it is a foundational question about whether we will allow some of our most basic civil rights to be taken away. Read More
Letters to the editor for Friday, February 14, 2020: The Legislature’s home care failures, Maine needs bold action in youth e-cigarette crisis, keep new jail out of downtown Read More
The most significant takeaway from Tuesday's Democratic primary in New Hampshire is just how much disarray the Democratic Party finds itself in. Read More
It’s time for us to all lay down our arms, take a deep breath and cast a vote for kindness, civility and reverence for all. Read More
Beating Trump. Read More
President Donald Trump wants to build part of his promised border wall on top of one of the last free-flowing rivers in the American Southwest. Read More
Members of the Penobscot Nation are far more likely to be unemployed, die younger and earn less than their non-tribal peers in neighboring communities. Read More
Joe Biden has been running for president for more than 33 years, and has never won a single primary. Read More
Letters to the editor for Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020: Public schools make America great, pay attention when driving, fairness for Maine tribes. Read More
In the United States, racially charged panic over the virus echoes a long history of anti-Asian racism. Read More
That may have been the chosen role of another senator. Here's the story. Read More
Voters should reject the people’s veto and vote “no” on Question 1. Read More