In the Court’s consequential decisions this week on birthright citizenship and participation in girls’ sports, the justices interpreted the law instead of rewriting it — just like they should.
Scott Paida
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rural Maine’s healthcare crisis cannot wait until November | Opinion
Practical, available solutions can ease the burden long before we know the winner of the US Senate race.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
America is an idea and America is a multitude | Opinion
Walt Whitman was right about us. And that’s our strength.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
A cry for help as America turns 250 | Opinion
We’re a country running on empty.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
American democracy began with a bang. It may end in a whimper. | Opinion
If recent polling is to be believed, the future looks bleak for our freedoms.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine’s Senate race must be about judgment | Opinion
Tribal loyalty should not take the place of being willing to ask the hard questions of the candidates.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Increase workforce housing in Maine, support community schools | Opinion
Our students have lagged nationally due to consolidation of small schools, growing class sizes and growing distance from families. We can turn this around.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Do not lose sight of America’s might-have-beens | Douglas Rooks
I think of Mumbet, an enslaved woman in Massachusetts in the late 1700s, who put our country on what should have been its true course.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The time for property tax reform in Maine is now | Opinion
The recent revaluation in Augusta comes as yet another wake-up call.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
SAVE America Act will save nobody but Trump | Letter
President Trump threatened to not sign the recently approved housing bill until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. The proposed SAVE America Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) shifts control toward the federal government by creating mandatory, nationwide federal standards for voter registration and identity verification in federal elections. While the U.S. Constitution’s elections clause […]