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Columns

Published
January 11, 2018

Commentary: Sessions champions states’ rights, until he doesn’t like what states do

Attorney General Jeff Sessions decision to enforce federal pot laws in places that have legalized the drug is the height of hypocrisy.
Published
January 11, 2018

After success in getting tip credit restored in Maine, it’s time to go national

Our new nonprofit plans to defend the server wages now under attack by a group looking to redesign the economics of the restaurant industry across the country.
Published
January 11, 2018

Bill Nemitz: When it comes to pot, Attorney General Sessions increasingly alone in futile fight

His decision to end an Obama-era policy that had federal authorities look the other way on pot-law enforcement ignores the obvious social movement in the opposite direction.
Published
January 10, 2018

Leonard Pitts: ‘Fire and Fury’ is entertaining, but it’s not the book America really needs

We got a factually flawed tale of chaos instead of true insight into what to make of the president and his team.
Published
January 10, 2018

Greg Kesich: Why spend $12 million on ineffective program? It’s zombie politics

There are better ways to create jobs than through Pine Tree Zones, but they somehow keep surviving.

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Published
January 9, 2018

Kathleen Parker: Trump poses a danger to the country and the world

I almost feel sorry for the man, but rules of civility must take a back seat to our nation's health and security.
Published
January 9, 2018

Maine Voices: Sexual harassment prevention starts in the nursery years

Do we want our children to become princesses and pirates – or responsible political and social leaders?
Published
January 9, 2018

Commentary: President Trump is right to bully the enemies of America

Trump speaks to rogue dictators and terrorists in the language they understand, treating them with contempt and derision.
Published
January 8, 2018

Maine Voices: Care with which we treat children in our society is too often imaginary

There is so much more to be done to own life and nurture children than the act of conception.
Published
January 7, 2018

Jim Fossel: Legislators have much pressing work to do in shorter session

So if you were hoping for a breather from taxpayer wallet-raiding, you're out of luck.