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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
OFF RADAR: ‘Life on Mars’ by Robert Klose
“Life on Mars” has some strong similarities to books like Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” — all too plausible imaginations of what, exactly, the takeover of government by religious zealots could look like. But one difference is that Klose’s novel is straight-on satire.
Maine Compass: In defense of hillbilly religion, and regular folks of simple faith
A recent jibe by NBC’s Chuck Todd is the latest salvo in the half-century assault on the intellectual respectability of religious belief.
Noah Feldman: It matters why Republican senators vote to acquit Trump
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George Smith: Stories of Maine wildlife
A new book has both information and stories about the mammals, fish and even bugs of Maine.
Maine Compass: Prostate cancer is not ‘the good cancer’
There is no such thing as a ‘good’ cancer.
Maine Compass: The CMP corridor will harm brook trout
Brook trout thrive in Maine’s cold streams, especially in the region that will be crossed by CMP’s new 53-mile-long corridor from Beattie Township to Moxie Gore.
Commentary: Maine should build on campaign-finance reform progress
Let’s push to bar corporations from funding state-level candidates and PACs that engage in state elections.
Greg Kesich: Portland should follow Waterville’s model
There’s reason for enthusiasm about a new research institute in Portland, but it shouldn’t try to be the next San Jose.
Commentary: Trump’s overhaul of Medicaid is a loser all around
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