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Columns

Published
October 21, 2015

Leonard Pitts: Playboy’s plan to cover up rouses ruminations on a world the magazine shaped

If Playboy was born in an era of repression, it is aging in a sexual Wild West of free and easy pornography.
Published
October 21, 2015

Maine Voices: Nine hours of sleep can be a game-changer for student-athletes

A healthier starting time in southern Maine middle and high schools will help the most important people there: our teens.
Published
October 21, 2015

Brennan: I have a strong record of achievement as mayor

But Ethan Strimling wants to bring us back to a passive mayor, beholden to the City Council.
Published
October 20, 2015

Maine Voices: To end underfunding of Maine’s schools, Stand Up for Students

A petition drive seeks a vote on a proposal to tax the wealthiest Mainers to support K-12 students.
Published
October 20, 2015

Kathleen Parker: Democratic socialist Sanders, Magna Capitalist Trump offer extremes

The smart candidate will articulate the center point and seize the vast middle ground between the two.

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Published
October 20, 2015

Commentary: Republican majority needs to quash race baiting by minority in Maine party

This intentionally divisive and offensive politicking is reprehensible and does damage in many ways.
Published
October 19, 2015

Maine Voices: Encourage, but don’t mandate, construction of affordable-housing units

Inclusionary zoning isn't a stand-alone solution to providing homes for Portland's workforce.
Published
October 18, 2015

Cynthia Dill: Legal, political systems support new kind of segregation

A handful of very rich people and their corporations are running the country from corner offices and board rooms, places with lots of glass but very little transparency.
Published
October 18, 2015

Barney Frank: Mismatched fervor sways gun debate

The dynamic of the Democratic presidential primary contest helps answer a question that is often asked – with great frustration – by proponents of sensible restrictions on gun ownership. That is, why is it so hard to get Congress and various state legislatures to pass laws that make it much less likely that people who […]
Published
October 18, 2015

Maine Observer: Throw the book at the once-trusted doctor

Or at least read him a lecture on why patients are not to be exploited for his kid's sake.