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Columns

Published
October 16, 2020

Maine Voices: Your vote – use it now or prepare yourself to lose it

Flaws in our Constitution and laws could enable the loser of the 2016 popular vote to overrule democracy if he’s not decisively trounced Nov. 3.
Published
October 15, 2020

Maine Voices: Understanding science, truth can help defeat denial, distortion

COVID-19 shows that if we accept as true only what we want to be true, then we’ll overlook what we prefer not to see.
Published
October 14, 2020

Leonard Pitts: Whitmer kidnap plot reveals a certain kind of entitlement

This sort of violence and bitterness stems from the conviction that by dint of color or culture, one deserves the final word.
Published
October 14, 2020

Commentary: Re-election will let Sen. Collins keep doing what’s right for Maine

A former BIW president says that not only shipyard workers but also seniors and schoolchildren are among the many who will benefit.
Published
October 14, 2020

Maine Voices: Young people can make a difference – if we vote

Turnout among 18- to 29-year-olds has been on the rise, but we still trail other groups. Let’s change that.

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Published
October 14, 2020

Bill Nemitz: The day the ‘news’ descended on the tiny town of Harrison

With video cameras rolling, 'Hoosier News Now' turned a peaceful day into a pain in the backside.
Published
October 13, 2020

Commentary: Amy Coney Barrett is a strong woman, but that doesn’t make her right for high court

We don’t have to support giving one of the nation’s most powerful jobs to a woman who’d use it to take away other women’s rights.
Published
October 13, 2020

Commentary: Amy Coney Barrett’s religion won’t dictate her rulings

If a person of faith commits himself or herself to the mandated oath, that person will commit to following the Constitution and U.S. law.
Published
October 13, 2020

Maine Voices: New American exceptionalism taking our country in the wrong direction

The U.S. has been doing great damage to not only itself, but to other countries as well, sundering alliances and alienating allies.
Published
October 13, 2020

Commentary: Extremist plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor should worry us all

The threat of terrorism originating inside the United States – whether by groups or ‘lone wolves’ – has been overlooked.