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Commentary: Biden, Feinstein, Trump — how do we know when our leaders are too old?

by Louise Aronson Los Angeles Times (TNS) June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

In politics, as in life, it’s all too easy to write off old people, especially when they are frail or disabled. President Joe Biden’s fall on stage during the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on Thursday immediately raised questions of fitness. Even I, a geriatrician and anti-ageism advocate, looked at Dianne Feinstein’s recent return to […]

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Commentary: As future ob-gyns, we believe paid leave will lead to happier, healthier Maine families

by Dr. Annika Hikade From the Press Herald June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

Paid family and medical leave will foster a stronger, more satisfied labor force by providing an attractive incentive for young people to live and work in Maine and protecting against women exiting the workforce altogether.

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Commentary: Bills call for responsible development of Maine’s offshore wind industry

by Maureen Drouin and Francis Eanes From the Press Herald June 7, 2023June 6, 2023

L.D. 1818 and L.D. 1895 will put our priorities and our ideals into law and ensure that offshore wind is implemented in a way that doesn’t compromise our state’s values.

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Commentary: Maine Community College System survives by unfairly compensating workers

by Andrea LaFlamme Special to the Press Herald June 6, 2023June 5, 2023

Students are flocking to Maine community colleges while adjunct teaching staff are running for the exits.

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Martin Schram: The making of MAGA

by Martin Schram Tribune News Service (TNS) June 6, 2023June 5, 2023

Today we will be exploring why Donald Trump’s little-understood MAGA Republican base has seemed so stunningly shatterproof – despite being pounded by nonstop news revelations of potential prosecutions, more unsavory conduct and eruptions that sound unpatriotic to outsiders’ ears. Now this: The 2024 presidential campaign attacks are just getting started. Former Trump endorsers are now […]

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Commentary: Not all political comedy is created equal

by Sophia A. McClennen The Conversation June 5, 2023June 2, 2023

Comics can either depress turnout or activate voters in 2024. Which will it be?

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Commentary: Congress should freeze Pentagon spending

by William D. Hartung Tribune News Service (TNS) June 5, 2023June 2, 2023

The debt ceiling deal reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now been passed into law, and the winner is – the Pentagon! While the rest of the federal discretionary budget is slated to be frozen at roughly this year’s level, the Pentagon and related spending on nuclear weapons at the […]