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Published
January 8, 2021

Our View: After Friday’s final ‘Jeopardy!’, what will we do without Alex?

After 37 years and more than 8,000 episodes, we say goodbye to a television legend.
Published
January 8, 2021

Commentary: What pro-Trump insurrectionists share – and don’t – with the American Revolution

The revolutionaries also embraced conspiracy-driven violent direct action – but they would have opposed installing one man in power at the expense of the people’s sovereignty.
Published
January 8, 2021

Maine Voices: Shattering of Capitol’s sanctity demonstrates our nation’s fragility

Everyone who truly wants to protect our founding principles must stand up now for unity and justice.
Published
January 7, 2021

Commentary: How restaurants became one of America’s most selfless institutions

Community outreach during the pandemic has become both a branding opportunity and a moral imperative that will change the industry’s future.
Published
January 7, 2021

Commentary: I know how it feels to lose a stolen election. A real patriot would move on.

President Trump's claims have no merit. But even if they did, he's doing the wrong thing now.

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Published
January 7, 2021

Maine Voices: It’s time to let the people pick the president

The National Popular Vote bill provides a way to work within the Electoral College to ensure that the candidate with the most votes nationally wins the presidency.
Published
January 6, 2021

Our View: Trump leads attack on democracy itself

The president’s stream of lies has turned millions of his supporters into enemies of their own country.
Published
January 6, 2021

Commentary: 2005 election challenge was bad – 2021 is much worse

Republican senators who refuse to certify Biden’s victory are inflaming doubts they helped kindle. That’s poison for democracy.
Published
January 6, 2021

Our View: Lagging vaccine rollout needs major boost from federal government

The Trump administration has failed to meet a challenge they had months to prepare for. Joe Biden must do better.
Published
January 6, 2021

Leonard Pitts: After a year of reading books only by women, I’m a richer man for it

My bias had deprived me of whole vistas of discovery. And if you choose to see in that a broader lesson, I won’t argue.