Columns
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2023
From the Business Desk: In praise of tall buildings
An 18-story addition to Portland's skyline raises the question of why the city should build tall – and why we should raise our sights so high.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2023
Commentary: Republican tax proposals aren’t as bonkers as they sound
Abolishing the IRS is not a good idea, but a flat levy on consumption is a good starting point if the goal is to shrink the budget deficit.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Clarence Page: How a Republican tax plan became a gift to Democrats
New House Speaker Kevin McCarthy couldn’t seem to give away enough to win his leadership post. But a quick retreat from a radical Republican-backed flat-tax bill shows he may have given away too much.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Commentary: When will U.S. workers get paid leave? Try 2035.
Social Security is the best home for a federal paid family leave program. But Congress probably won't touch it any time soon.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
Commentary: The grinding persistence of America’s police problem
The videotaped death of Tyre Nichols is as shocking as it is utterly familiar.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
Commentary: Don’t feel guilty about taxing the wealthy
The American Dream was never about ultra-prosperity, but wealth has become the American Fever Dream.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Insight: The passport paradox
New rankings show that the world is opening up – for some of us.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Commentary: A glimmer of hope for Maine cyclists and pedestrians
In the form of its first-ever active transportation plan, our state now has an enormous opportunity to make it easier for more of us to move around.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
Jim Fossel: Nothing should be off table in debt ceiling negotiation
What can the White House give that will satisfy Republicans? Plenty.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2023
The Maine Millennial: We have to acknowledge hard truths about pregnancy
Supporting a ban on abortion at an arbitrary gestational age means forcing women to give birth to babies they will have to watch die.
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