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Columns

Published
October 7, 2017

Garrison Keillor: If only the TSA lady had been there, my life would have been different

If she had followed me around, telling me to pay attention, things would have turned out better.
Published
October 7, 2017

Gina Barreca: Watch for me in the Columbus Day parade on New York’s Fifth Avenue

Part of the fun will be celebrating my Italian heritage, and not from the other side of the tracks.
Published
October 7, 2017

Good beer needs good, clean water and that is now threatened

Environmental Protection Administrator Scott Pruitt is eyeing the repeal of the Clean Water Rule.
Published
October 6, 2017

Commentary: Even popular gun control ideas can’t pass this Congress

Our minority-rules system favors rural states, so urban problems like gun violence can't win.
Published
October 6, 2017

Commentary: Consolidation program could isolate Maine’s special education students

Regional centers might save money, but they could also erase the gains that inclusion has delivered.

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Published
October 6, 2017

A final resolution on ranked-choice voting: Fix it, don’t patch it

Now is the time to face up to the majority voting issue problem in the Maine Constitution and resolve it.
Published
October 5, 2017

Giving amnesty to Dreamers would be immigration’s Trojan horse

If given citizenship those immigrants could sponsor their immediate family for legal status as well.
Published
October 5, 2017

Dana Milbank: Gerrymandering case central to exercise of our democracy

Republican appointees seem to be looking for a reason not to strike down Wisconsin districts.
Published
October 5, 2017

Commentary: MaineCare expansion would force bad results for Mainers on the margins

Approving the expansion at the ballot box would force some Mainers onto Medicaid insurance.
Published
October 5, 2017

Bill Nemitz: We cannot sit silent as mass-kill weaponry takes more lives

As Bill Harwood of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition says, 'The consequences are too high to keep letting this go on.'