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Published
September 1, 2021

Leonard Pitts: We can’t be caught unprepared for the threat from the radical right

A failure of imagination – the inability to conceive – made the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks possible. That is a mistake we cannot afford to repeat.
Published
August 29, 2021

The View From Here: Paul LePage’s alternative COVID facts

It doesn’t take much imagination to see what the pandemic would have been like with a different governor.
Published
August 29, 2021

Insight: ‘Forever war’ started long before Afghanistan

The era of American military intervention in the Middle East and Central Asia to support undemocratic and corrupt regimes started with Lebanon in 1958.
Published
August 29, 2021

The Maine Millennial: Republicans shouldn’t tolerate legislator’s Nazi reference

State Rep. Heidi Sampson’s ugly and specious analogy is being ignored by the leaders of her party.
Published
August 29, 2021

Jim Fossel: Biden at fault for Afghan chaos

You can both agree with the president’s decision to withdraw and strongly oppose the way he did it.

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Published
August 29, 2021

Maine Voices: The Maine reason we must act on climate, enact carbon cashback

Sens. Collins and King could be pivotal in the best chance for meaningful climate legislation in over a decade.
Published
August 28, 2021

The humble Farmer: Barnum underestimated the number of suckers born every minute

Exhibit A: An FBI agent’s story about a guy named Dave and the rich online girlfriend who he’s never met in person.
Published
August 28, 2021

Maine Voices: What Netflix’s ‘The Chair’ teaches us about voice, representation

The show about a fictional university makes clear how much Maine’s real-life institutions will benefit from uplifting the voices of students and marginalized groups.
Published
August 28, 2021

Commentary: The COVID-19 pandemic is harder for people with autism

We can use it to reflect on the ways that we mistreat neurodivergent humans.
Published
August 27, 2021

Maine education chief: Let’s work together so our kids can learn in person, full time

We have the power to limit COVID’s impact on Maine students through vaccination, indoor masks at school and engagement in testing programs, Commissioner Pender Makin says.