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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: The only thing bigger in this election than Trump’s comeback is the media’s self-own
Everyone loves a comeback story. Maybe that’s all there is to Donald Trump’s otherwise unbelievable victory over Vice President Kamala Harris and the most well-financed campaign in U.S. history. Or maybe it’s nothing more complicated than election fundamentals: Too many Americans think the nation is on the wrong-track. It’s the economy, stupid. In the coming […]
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Commentary: Foreign interference is now the norm, and it could fuel more violence under Trump
While there have been no credible claims of fraud contributing to Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday, and the vote does not appear to have even been close, the election was marred by foreign interference, a commonplace occurrence in every U.S. election since 2016. There was a steady stream of disinformation and multiple attempts by Russia […]
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Opinion: With Trump’s victory, it’s mourning in America
The outcome of Tuesday’s election felt to me like a punch to the gut.
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Opinion: Trump administration could snuff out offshore wind
A hostile administration will compound the challenges Maine faces in reaching its ambitious renewable energy goals.
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Douglas Rooks: ‘America the United’ still a distant goal
Donald Trump’s stunning return to the White House means that new battle lines are forming, the columnist writes.
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Commentary: Trump’s second term likely to be much different
For months, perhaps years, Trump’s advisers have been preparing proposed executive orders, legislative drafts and lists of loyalists to carry them out, starting next Jan. 20.
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Commentary: Today’s potent marijuana is spawning public health dangers that we shouldn’t ignore
In 1964, Bob Dylan reportedly introduced the Beatles to cannabis, a seminal moment in the 60-year campaign to legalize marijuana. Before that, marijuana was hardly a part of mainstream American society, its use primarily associated with artists, bohemians and the so-called urban underclass. Dylan sang, “Everybody must get stoned,” and the Beatles incorporated drug references […]
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Sen. Brad Farrin: Bureaucracy, infighting shouldn’t be a part of funding Maine’s EMS units
Much-needed funds are not going where they need to go, the senator writes.
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Opinion: PTSD is omnipresent and devastating
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a fact of life for many people, veterans or not. Treatments are improving, but the shadow still hangs over millions of people.