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PublishedApril 20, 2023
Commentary: Wall Street should tell Kevin McCarthy to extend debt limit
Democrats aren’t going to agree to McCarthy’s harsh demands. Yet the House speaker seems determined to put his energy into a probably doomed attempt to unify his dysfunctional party.
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PublishedApril 20, 2023
Commentary: Maine is not meeting its obligation to children like my son
Without a critical change to the payment structure for special-purpose preschools, these schools cannot survive.
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PublishedApril 19, 2023
Commentary: Why Clarence Thomas’s explanations fail the laugh test
It was once hard for me to believe that Thomas could be as much of a puppet of the most reactionary forces in American society as he seemed. No longer.
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PublishedApril 19, 2023
Commentary: Republicans won’t win back the youth vote with a culture war
Many conservative leaders see younger generations’ relative liberalism as the result of the pernicious influence of left-aligned public institutions and industries. It's not that simple.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Commentary: The gun debate isn’t hopeless. Just look at Tennessee
The state has managed a small start on the road to rational gun laws. It’s a start that almost certainly is a product of youthful political activism.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Commentary: Saving Maine’s year-round communities demands a joint effort
In Stonington, as in many towns across the state, the need for housing requires us to slow, stop and reverse the loss of control of properties to those who neither vote nor reside here.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Commentary: Farmworkers deserve same rights as other workers
Their back-breaking labor puts food on our tables and still they are treated like second-class citizens. Two bills before the state Legislature aim to change that.
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PublishedApril 17, 2023
Commentary: What’s really needed to address Maine’s educator shortages
At the root of every solution to the dearth of teachers is something simple: respect.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
Jim Fossel: Maine deserves to choose its constitutional officers
Our current system – unique in the U.S. – wrongly leaves officeholders unaccountable to anyone but their own political party.
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PublishedApril 16, 2023
Commentary: Does AI mean the 4-day workweek is almost here?
Count me among those who worry that employers will grab most of the savings for themselves unless society forces them not to.
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