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PublishedApril 5, 2019
View from Away: The White House should come clean on security clearances
Of course it is difficult not to savor the irony in a White House whistleblower’s claim that the Trump administration improperly granted security clearances to more than two dozen individuals. As a candidate, Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton’s use of an insecure private email server to transact State Department business was corruption “on a […]
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
Our View: Cutting aid won’t help stop border crisis
President Donald Trump’s plan for the problems at the border would only make them worse.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
View from Away: Running for president in the #MeToo era
The first #MeToo allegations of the 2020 presidential race hit over the weekend, letting the general public in on a secret that apparently was already known in political circles: that former Vice President Joe Biden can be a bit too “handsy” with women and girls. Biden’s behavior didn’t draw much scrutiny until an essay appeared […]
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
View from Away: The tragic death of Sandy Hook father carries with it a sobering lesson
In the dark days that followed the massacre at Sandy Hook, one phrase spoke to the sliver of hope and optimism a grieving state was desperately hanging onto: Love Wins. Two words spoke to the enduring belief that whatever hatred might have driven the shooter to commit the unthinkable, the blanket of love woven by […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2019
Commentary: Asylum laws exist for people like G
I met with G, an asylum seeker from Honduras, in a large open space at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, last month. As a volunteer attorney working with immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it was my job to help her prepare for her initial asylum interview. First, though, I […]
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PublishedMarch 31, 2019
Commentary: The Trump approach to health care: Break it and figure out the rest later
While the frenzy in Washington, D.C., continued over Attorney General William P. Barr’s summary of special council Robert S. Mueller III’s findings — the calls for “reckoning” and “payback,” the new, dueling probes pushed by House Democrats and Senate Republicans — the Trump administration quietly did something to remind us why Democrats are so eager […]
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PublishedMarch 30, 2019
View from Away: Supreme Court should end gerrymandering
During oral arguments Tuesday at the Supreme Court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh conceded that “extreme partisan gerrymandering is a real problem for our democracy.” That was a huge understatement. When legislators manipulate congressional or legislative district lines to favor one party over another — a time-dishonored practice that has become more sophisticated in the computer age […]
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PublishedMarch 30, 2019
York police chief: Investment in home visiting will improve public safety in Maine
Two bills before the Legislature will help ensure that more children grow up healthy and prepared to lead productive lives.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2019
Commentary: We don’t need Robert Mueller to tell us Trump is a threat
Robert Mueller’s final report tells us what we knew all along. In case anyone forgot, President Donald Trump is reminding us why anything short of overwhelming evidence that he conspired with Russia or obstructed justice was always going to celebrated as a victory. “A complete and total exoneration,” Trump declared of an investigation that was […]
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PublishedMarch 29, 2019
Our View: Judge’s ruling on opioid treatment in jail will save lives
Medication-assisted treatment should be available when, where and for whom it is needed.
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