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Columns

Published
August 18, 2017

Sen. George Mitchell: Diversity is America’s strength

All Americans should be able to condemn white supremacists without any qualification.
Published
August 18, 2017

Maine Voices: Increased diversity will drive both change and renewal here in Maine

The question for white Mainers is whether they will embrace that fact or allow hatred to divide them.
Published
August 17, 2017

Bill dishonors immigrants of all stripes who helped build this great country

A story of Irish ancestors should humble leaders who would further narrow the door to America.
Published
August 17, 2017

Commentary: In the end, Mainers will reject regulators’ anti-clean-energy rule

The PUC tax on energy produced and used in the home will take effect as an election approaches.
Published
August 17, 2017

Commentary: Elvis’ death exposed media’s sensitivity – or lack thereof – to heartland’s heartbeat

The news went from an inside blurb to a Page One topper as journalists absorbed the popular response.

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Published
August 16, 2017

Leonard Pitts: At our own peril we deny how America’s ugly face contrasts with its ideal

That said, let's admire Heather Heyer, the white woman who died while opposing white supremacy.
Published
August 16, 2017

Maine Voices: Let the Stars and Bars stay forever furled in favor of the flag of the free

The Confederacy indeed deserved to be 'The Lost Cause,' no matter whose ancestors fought for it.
Published
August 16, 2017

Greg Kesich: As culture fragments, so may the sense of greater community

Identity politics may threaten democracy more than those pathetic, would-be Nazis.
Published
August 15, 2017

Garrison Keillor: Let us, good people, not take lunacy too seriously

The young Teutons who converged on Charlottesville are actors in a fantasy, men who got kicked out of Civil War re-enactments for over-enthusiasm.
Published
August 15, 2017

Maine Voices: Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because it’s God’s creation

Proposed oil drilling would have serious impacts on species of animals, birds – and the native people.