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Published
March 15, 2018

Dana Milbank: Trump, a purger, could take lessons from the film ‘The Purge’

In the movie, the government provides a 12-hour period once a year when any crime is legal.
Published
March 15, 2018

Maine Voices: Why not turn a snow day into a work-at-home day for students, teachers?

Staying at home because of bad weather is not a reason to avoid a productive instructional day.
Published
March 14, 2018

Leonard Pitts: The problem of dealing with a vanishing ability to reason

Serious people have to stop worrying about appearing to be fair to those not interested in facts.
Published
March 14, 2018

Maine Voices: Keep Portland’s waterfront free of nonmarine development

City officials are finally beginning to push back against the encroachment of offices and hotels.
Published
March 14, 2018

Commentary: Don’t let those who can’t get top-security clearance run for president

We give Trump access to the nation's most sensitive material even though he normally wouldn't qualify because he wouldn't be deemed trustworthy.

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Published
March 13, 2018

Kathleen Parker: We’re off to the races again, and Republicans might take a licking

Early signs suggest they will have to fight to keep their dwindling majorities in the House and Senate.
Published
March 13, 2018

Maine’s House speaker: As young people press for action on gun violence, we are listening

Lawmakers, why are our kids braver when they go into school than we are when we cast our votes?
Published
March 13, 2018

Maine Voices: Proficiency-based education system? We have been here before

Maine Learning Results failed, and the present version will ultimately follow the same path.
Published
March 12, 2018

Maine Voices: St. Patrick’s Day is perfect time to toast Irish and American rebels

We should celebrate by honoring both our rebel Irish and revolutionary Yankee patriots.
Published
March 11, 2018

Maine Observer: Rug, plugs, hat – what’s a balding guy to do?

No one who once reveled in a head of thick, golden hair would ever accept comb-overs without putting up a fight.