Siobhan Brett

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August 15, 2022

Another View: What ever happened to calls to ‘Back the blue’?

It’s as absurd as it is dangerous to scrutinize some law enforcement actions but not others.
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August 15, 2022

Letter to the editor: LePage’s fealty to Trump is unnerving

After Mar-a-Lago was searched by the FBI, former Gov. Paul LePage was eager to give his full-throated support of Donald Trump. Now that it’s been reported the FBI searched for nuclear documents, will LePage offer a retraction? LePage has been tethered to Trump for years. He campaigned alongside Trump numerous times and was the honorary […]
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August 15, 2022

Letter to the editor: Diplomacy can no longer save Haiti

I was the U.S. ambassador to Haiti (2012-15) and it’s my belief that it’s time to stop pretending diplomacy will work in Haiti. There is now no functional government, no working judiciary, no parliament. A weak police force is incapable of stopping the gang warfare that rules the capital – it has fewer weapons, fewer […]
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August 15, 2022

Letter to the editor: When it comes to secret documents, classified means classified

Former President Trump’s cavalier attitude toward handling documents classified at these levels should, by itself, disqualify him from ever holding political office where such materials are routinely handled.
Published
August 14, 2022

The Maine Millennial: Pine Tree Power to the people

A 2023 ballot question is likely to ask us what we think about “government-controlled power.” I think I’m for it.
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August 14, 2022

Commentary: Contemporary debate betrays a loose grasp of history

Beware offhand charges of ‘fascism’ and what it is to be ‘un-American.’
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August 14, 2022

Jim Fossel: The problem with the new spending bill

The Democrats’ big win is backroom deal that will ultimately do more harm than good.
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August 14, 2022

Our View: Validity of Mar-a-Lago raid must not be drowned out

Irresponsible condemnation of the FBI search, in Maine and elsewhere, highlights the former president’s grip on the public imagination.
Published
August 14, 2022

Maine Observer: A meditation on willpower and martial arts

I may have wanted to change the world. First, I changed myself.
Published
August 14, 2022

Letter to the editor: Political motivation in Mar-a-Lago search? Show me the evidence.

Over hundreds of years of jurisprudence the courts have developed rules governing the types and quality of evidence that parties can rely upon to prove the facts on which their case depends. You cannot simply go into court and state your opinion as to what the facts are. You must present witnesses who are sworn […]

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