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Columns

Published
May 31, 2018

Commentary: Weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act is not reform

Proposed measures allow for businesses to just strive for 'substantial progress,' not necessarily make changes for the disabled in a timely way.
Published
May 31, 2018

Portland business owner: Chamber does not speak for me regarding sick days

Having workers stay home when they are ill is not 'divisive politics,' as some charge. It's good public policy.
Published
May 31, 2018

Maine Voices: Ex-envoy’s dealings with Mueller suggest Trump should be worried

Mueller's investigation of the Lockerbie plane explosion 30 years ago shows his thoroughness.
Published
May 31, 2018

Dana Milbank: Trump isn’t a liar – he’s a madman

A weekend monsoon of malarkey makes it even more obvious that the president can't distinguish between fact and fantasy.
Published
May 30, 2018

Leonard Pitts: When you let Trump voters speak for themselves, racial intolerance is a common trait

For the progressives who question why I said not to bother trying to reason with them, I rest my case.

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Published
May 30, 2018

Diane Russell: Dill, Nemitz commentaries on #MeToo discourage new disclosures

It's already hard enough to come forward without challenging criticism from commentators.
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May 30, 2018

Commentary: Ranked-choice voting is key to a healthy future for democracy, so vote ‘yes’ on Question 1

The way we currently vote, by plurality, creates circumstances in the voting process that completely contradict the democratic values we are taught as kids and encouraged to believe in as adults.
Published
May 30, 2018

Commentary: ‘One person, one vote’ at risk if ranked-choice voting is approved

Mainers who want to stop deciding elections by a plurality should reject Question 1 and work on a method that's constitutional.
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May 30, 2018

Maine Voices: Let’s hear positions on health care from a wide range of candidates

Our nonprofit group tried surveying some and got a 44 percent response on the top issue for voters in the state.
Published
May 29, 2018

Kathleen Parker: Everybody wants respect – especially Vladimir Putin

Getting inside America's head with Facebook ads wasn't as much genius as it was easy.