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Columns

Published
January 26, 2021

Maine Voices: Has delay become a strategy for blocking needed large-scale projects?

After 40 months of regulatory proceedings, CMP has secured every needed state and federal approval for the NECEC power line. It should be allowed to go ahead with it.
Published
January 25, 2021

Maine Voices: Study the past to know what we should do next

The tragic history of racism in America contains some heroes that we can follow.
Published
January 24, 2021

Bill Nemitz: Once a Maine wunderkind, now a Trump crony

Longtime Maine developer Michael Liberty got a presidential pardon last week, but his reputation remains in tatters.
Published
January 24, 2021

Maine Observer: The mindfulness of a dog

Our pets don't need an app to remind them to breathe or resolutions to be in the present.
Published
January 24, 2021

Maine Voices: Use new glue to repair our democracy

Open primaries will encourage voters to think of ourselves not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Americans.

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Published
January 24, 2021

The View From Here: America is not divided, but white America is

A cultural clash between white voters with and without college degrees explains a lot about the polarization of our politics.
Published
January 24, 2021

The Maine Millennial: Imagining a woman president just got a lot easier

Vice President Kamala Harris tells a generation of girls that there is no limit to how far they can go.
Published
January 24, 2021

Jim Fossel: A path forward in a divided Senate

The pressure is going to be on members of both parties to meet in the middle and govern.
Published
January 23, 2021

Commentary: How Biden can rebuild trust in our elections

An independent panel could quickly confirm the fairness of 2020 swing-state voting and counting, then recommend election-security improvements.
Published
January 23, 2021

Commentary: Removing 4 Brookfield Renewable dams would revive lower Kennebec, at-risk species

The fate of Atlantic salmon in the U.S. depends on restoring them in the Kennebec. Razing these dams would give the species its best chance at survival.