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Columns

Published
April 13, 2016

Greg Kesich: Serious people shouldn’t be talking about creating a dictator for the U.S.

Anonymous billionaires and conservative political operatives are reportedly planning a strategy to make a general commander in chief.
Published
April 12, 2016

Charles Lawton: Fearful anti-immigrant policies dishonor our optimistic history

In fighting immigration, we are becoming the people our forefathers sought to escape.
Published
April 12, 2016

Maine Voices: Legitimate pain patients shouldn’t suffer from crackdown on opiates

A state bill that aims to control pain medications is based on empty rhetoric and fear mongering.
Published
April 12, 2016

Kathleen Parker: As Sanders heads for the Vatican, let’s not make him Pope Bernie

The pope's message of Christian charity is not the same as a candidate's promise to remake the U.S. economic system.
Published
April 11, 2016

Maine Voices: Demographics, xenophobia aren’t working in our state’s favor

Think what would happen if Maine were to invite immigrants, not by drops but in the thousands.

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Published
April 10, 2016

Alan Caron: It’s time to act on climate change

A northern New England loon's malaria death should spur Maine to once again prioritize investing in clean energy.
Published
April 10, 2016

Cynthia Dill: We won’t be fooled again on private student loans

The millions currently in default should band together and push for real penalties for Wall Street predators.
Published
April 10, 2016

Maine Observer: Skunks, marbles and other signs of spring

The change of seasons brings forth memories of setting traps for the smelly creatures and games played in the schoolyard.
Published
April 10, 2016

Maine Voices: Pull dams to make the Mousam River sparkle

Kennebunk can restore a vital piece of the ecosystem by removing three dams that produce very little electricity.
Published
April 9, 2016

Commentary: Everyone will be better off if we can just stop annoying each other

Just a few injunctions against violations of etiquette and civility might just salvage our humanity.