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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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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Opinion: Maine’s energy future demands a clear path for community solar
When it comes to electricity price spikes, it’s not the problem; it’s part of the solution.
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Scholars Strategy Network: Which candidate is best for you and your family?
Our intent is to give you fact-based, reliable information in an array of critical areas: health care, education, climate, jobs and wages, infrastructure, so you can make the best choice for president, the columnists write.
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Commentary: Salute our frontline heroes of democracy
As the nation votes, it’s easy to focus on candidates, policies and outcomes of the elections. Yet, behind every successful election are millions of dedicated elections professionals and poll workers who make democracy possible. They are often volunteers who rise to the occasion to serve their communities, ensuring that every eligible voter has the opportunity […]
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Commentary: As Americans wait for their election, the world waits for it too
This week, as many Americans fret over what our country will look like after the upcoming national election, much of the world is fretting with us. The United States may not be the unipolar power that it was following the Cold War, but it remains the most influential and consequential country on Earth. How our […]
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Opinion: Public sector and government employees getting the short end of the Social Security stick
That group could lose up to two-thirds of their retirement earnings under the current system, but help may be on the way from Washington.
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Opinion: TV medical dramas could use a reality check
It’s high time these programs showed more realistic medical recoveries that reflect real life experiences.