Instead of the patient study of cryptic matters, conspiracy theorists promise the interpretive keys to the kingdom to anyone able to open a Facebook account.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Douglas Rooks: Juries, voters should decide Trump’s fate
The former president’s name can remain on the ballot without putting the Republic in danger.
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Peaceful Means duo talks about using music to uplift, heal
Jan. 6 event is combination of teaching, singing in community with participants.
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Opinion: Secretary Bellows begs to differ. Would that it were so simple.
If Maine’s secretary of state is correct about what constitutes insurrection, several congressmen and senators may be illegally holding office.
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Maine Compass: The Civil War came down to more than just slavery
As the historian Barbara Tuchman once wrote, war is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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Maine Compass: Shenna Bellows is my hero
Following Maine state election laws, our secretary of state did what she had to do.
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Commentary: Biden’s fellow seniors have advice for the 81-year-old president: Lose the script, project your voice
For those who doubt Joe Biden’s capacity to be president, Herb Klar has a suggestion: Swing by his neighborhood sometime. “They don’t come to Rossmoor and see all the octagenarians … and see how lively and bright and competent we all are,” said Klar, 76, a retired clinical social worker, who was sporting a Golden […]
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Commentary: Maine AG has poor record in police shootings
A Maine attorney general has never found an officer at fault in a shooting.
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Opinion: Maine will not hit clean energy goals without transmission and delivery
We are failing to build new transmission lines at the pace and scale needed to meet our targets.
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Commentary: Five big political questions for 2024
The political stakes couldn’t be higher in the coming year, with both the presidency and control of Congress up in the air. And the courts will be involved more than usual, with former President Donald Trump under four separate indictments, at least some of which could head to trial in 2024. If that isn’t enough, […]