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Columns

Published
March 8, 2016

Charles Lawton: How an economic idea generator got started, and where it’s going

A newspaper column, a phone call and a meeting develop into an intensive research project to produce strategies for Maine.
Published
March 8, 2016

Commentary: Maine conservatives repudiate LePage with breakaway vote for Ted Cruz

His endorsement of Trump awakens loyalists to their misguided efforts to defend an undignified governor.
Published
March 7, 2016

Maine Voices: New technology brings families of lost mariners closer to closure

NamUs enables the public to upload personal data into tailored missing person’s reports.
Published
March 6, 2016

Maine Observer: Mirrors bring moments of reflection

Looking at ourselves in the mirror of our new Maine home is to freshly recognize ourselves. The same, yet not the same.
Published
March 6, 2016

Alan Caron: Trump unites opponents of all stripes

He's the product of a Republican Party that has abandoned its legacy of inclusion – but stopping him is still possible.

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Published
March 6, 2016

Cynthia Dill: Put-downs, name-calling and worse

The conservative gang battling Trump for the Republican nomination talks tough in front of the cameras.
Published
March 6, 2016

Commentary: Maine’s addiction crisis has no single solution

Doctors can treat the physical signs of addiction, but it's harder to address an addict's psychological and social needs.
Published
March 6, 2016

Maine Voices: Some top Supreme Court justices were lame-duck appointees

This classy trio consists of John Marshall, Louis D. Brandeis and Benjamin Cardozo, according to a rating by high court experts.
Published
March 5, 2016

Mike Tipping: Lesson from Maine: Republicans will fall in line behind Trump

Republicans will find a way to use the likely presidential nominee just as they have followed Gov. Paul LePage.
Published
March 5, 2016

Commentary: South Dakota governor makes compelling conservative case against ‘bathroom bills’

His veto message says that state government doesn't need to step into what is really a local school issue.