Siobhan Brett

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Published
August 14, 2022

Maine Voices: Back to not getting paid for back-to-school prep

By not paying for work carried out in the run-up to September, school districts take advantage of educators like me.
Published
August 13, 2022

Insight: Moving in with your parents could be good for America

Last year, a quarter of American adults age 25-34 lived in a multi-generational family household – up from 9 percent in the early 1970s. For many, it’s frustrating and discouraging. Socially and politically, however, the trend could have its benefits.
Published
August 13, 2022

Maine Voices: Whose woods these are, I think I know …

The effects of recent chopping and changing in Baxter Woods in Portland make a summer off-leash ban seem like folly.
Published
August 13, 2022

Letter to the editor: Republican senators should try a ‘Declaration of Conscience’

Is there some reason why current and former U.S. Senators Pat Toomey, Rob Portman, Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, Alan Simpson and Susan Collins won’t hold a joint press conference to address their fellow Republicans and, more importantly, Republican voters, regarding the dangerous manipulation by former President Trump and his lieutenants regarding the search […]
Published
August 13, 2022

Letter to the editor: The opposite of just the ticket

Regarding the recent commentary on city parking (Maine Voices: “Heavy-handed parking enforcement does Portland a disservice,” Aug. 11), heavy-handed enforcement, rude staff and reliance on income from this sorry source point to a real problem for tourists and Maine visitors to Portland. I have personally been ticketed for a 10-minute overage and just this one […]
Published
August 13, 2022

Letter to the editor: Former Gov. LePage exhibits disconnect to reality

A recent quote from the ex-governor in regards to the ex-president’s latest legal conflict clearly shows the ex-governor to be upside down in his thinking. Misjudging the actions of the Department of Justice as contrary to the Constitution, and to be outside of the American ethos, hints a tenuous connection to reality. As writers Colin […]
Published
August 13, 2022

Commentary: Recent SCOTUS decisions threaten the health of all people

Elections have consequences for public health. Indeed, voting is a public health issue.
Published
August 13, 2022

Commentary: Japan could send a message to North Korea, China by amending its constitution

The country’s pacifist constitution is idealistic but shortsighted; a powerful Japan is the best hedge against an aggressive China.
Published
August 13, 2022

Another View: Next up for Congress? Fixing the Electoral Count Act.

If passed, the bill proposed by the Senate group would go a long way toward preventing a repeat of the 2020 election fiasco.
Published
August 12, 2022

Commentary: Well-executed Mar-a-Lago search is just the beginning

Like it or not, the information supporting the warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago had to have gone way beyond the norm.

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