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Columns

Published
July 1, 2018

Jim Fossel: Timing makes Kennedy’s retirement politically knotty

Just a few months before the midterms, it puts both Republicans and Democrats in awkward positions.
Published
June 30, 2018

Commentary: Don’t blame Harley-Davidson for making a smart business decision

President Trump needs to understand that businesses seek the most efficient and cost-effective manner to deliver goods and services.
Published
June 30, 2018

Gina Barreca: There is no bliss in ignorance, after all

A person can be ridiculously well-schooled and yet startlingly stupid.
Published
June 30, 2018

Maine Voices: Dealing with immigration, America must overcome its loss of nerve

The U.S. has never been a perfect nation, but we can aspire to a vision more sublime than money, power and arrogance.
Published
June 29, 2018

Commentary: On immigration, Democrats give Trump the upper hand – again

Senate Democrats have managed to take an issue that was toxic for Republicans and turn it into a calamity for themselves.

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Published
June 29, 2018

Commentary: New York challenger’s primary victory points to a media failure that keeps repeating

Journalists need to get closer to what voters are thinking and feeling: their anger and resentment, their disenfranchisement from the centers of power, their pocketbook concerns.
Published
June 29, 2018

Homeless Voices for Justice: Slanted Bayside story excluded voices of people affected by housing crisis

Many people would say they're homeless because of the weak safety net and the severe lack of affordable places to live in Portland.
Published
June 28, 2018

Dana Milbank: Supreme Court decision upholding travel ban validates religious discrimination

Somehow Justice Roberts and four colleagues found Trump wasn't seeking to bar Muslims despite the president's obvious actions otherwise.
Published
June 28, 2018

Maine Voices: Top editors should re-evaluate how newspaper reports possible suicides

Certain types of content can lead to more suicides, so journalists should show restraint in their coverage.
Published
June 28, 2018

Commentary: Transportation secretary earns credit for defending her husband – not herself – to protesters

But Elaine Chao, who serves President Trump, is complicit in the abhorrent agenda that moved people to demonstrate.