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Columns

Published
July 5, 2014

Commentary: LePage responds with falsehoods to ‘sovereign citizens’ controversy

The governor and his defenders offer disprovable statements in response to the new book 'As Maine Went: Governor Paul LePage and the Tea Party Takeover of Maine.'
Published
July 5, 2014

Steve Robinson: High court on right track to neuter unions for government workers

But its restrained ruling left actual state government employees vulnerable to the prying reach of money-hungry union bosses.
Published
July 4, 2014

M.D. Harmon: Supreme Court rulings let freedom ring

The rights to free speech and to worship are ascertained.
Published
July 3, 2014

Dana Milbank: Things really slip when congressional shenanigans know no recess

Given that they’re doing next to nothing, the lawmakers should give us all a break and adjourn.
Published
July 3, 2014

Alan Caron: Are Americans getting too comfortable with political crazies?

Gov. LePage's meetings with extremists should be a wake-up call about the limits of tolerance.

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Published
July 2, 2014

Leonard Pitts: High court ruling on contraception strikes blow at reason, rights

Let no one be mollified by Justice Kennedy's writing that this is not a ruling of 'breadth and sweep.'
Published
July 2, 2014

Portland-style ‘conservatives’ have chance to shape city’s future

But critics of change are focusing on overdevelopment at the expense of much greater threats.
Published
July 1, 2014

Ruth Marcus: Head of National Institute on Drug Abuse sees legalizing pot as risky social experiment

Nora Volkow asks, 'Can we as a country afford to have a third legal drug?'
Published
June 30, 2014

George Will: Mississippi chose Cochran for his delivery – of federal pork

Those who profess to favor frugality in government inevitably put their own interests first.
Published
June 29, 2014

Maine observer : Saintly view of legendary Maine’s beauty

A Portland soup kitchen offers a glimpse of the human condition that's more breathtaking than the state's natural wonders.