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Columns

Published
February 24, 2017

Commentary: Trade wars will not help manufacturing, but smart policies would

They don't make great soundbites, but smaller, targeted policies would go a long way.
Published
February 24, 2017

Charles Krauthammer: Trump’s grown-ups help the world deal with his bouts of loopiness

The combination of radical rhetoric and conventional policy may induce better behavior both in friend and foe.
Published
February 23, 2017

Commentary: High risk pools are simply not a real replacement for Obamacare

Far from a better way, these plans were total failures before the ACA and will fail again.
Published
February 23, 2017

School broadband access should be funded from a broad base of support

Using landline surcharges only places too much of the burden on seniors who are on fixed incomes.
Published
February 22, 2017

Leonard Pitts: Fear of harmless people can turn the Constitution into forgotten fragment

Remembering how we treated Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor, when will we learn that fear is blind?

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Published
February 22, 2017

Maine Voices: Repeal of Obamacare would leave thousands of hardworking Mainers in the lurch

Making sure that they keep their health care is more important than yet another tax cut for the wealthy.
Published
February 22, 2017

Greg Kesich: In Portland, labeling someone ‘progressive’ means … well, not much

Rankings that reduce the work of city councilors to a single number shouldn't be taken too seriously.
Published
February 21, 2017

Commentary: Unable to stand on merit, Trump needs all the enemies he can get

But his habit of excoriating Clinton and the media hasn't reversed his own record-level unpopularity.
Published
February 21, 2017

Kathleen Parker: Nothing fake about ongoing news of an erratic president

Can you imagine the Republican reaction if a Clinton White House got off to such a rocky start?
Published
February 21, 2017

Maine Voices: Aroostook County won’t necessarily strike it rich by mining

Before any permits are granted, the risks of environmental degradation must be examined.