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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Douglas Rooks: Chaos in Maine Legislature demands a response
A divergence in priorities between Gov. Mills and the Democratic caucus in each chamber caused a late-session trainwreck.
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Commentary: ‘Our tax dollars pay your salary’
Two Americans were asking for a meeting with me. They had traveled from Alabama to Washington to lobby for more assistance to Lebanon, the country from which their fathers had fled to begin lives in the United States. I was the desk officer for Lebanon at the State Department. It was a fraught time with […]
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Opinion: Embrace affordable housing for those who make Maine better
Why can’t critical workers be our neighbors?
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Backyard Naturalist: Wolf spiders discovered on one of the first bug-, toad- and frog-finding missions of the spring
Are wolf spiders scary because of their name or because they are spiders? Dana Wilde writes
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Commentary: US wildfire season is now everywhere, all at once
The toxic smoke choking swathes of the Midwestern U.S. this week is a helpful reminder to Americans that Canada exists, and its wildfire season has come early. But Americans shouldn’t forget their own season starts much earlier these days, too. In fact, it’s getting to the point that wildfire season is all year long. A […]
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Opinion: Argument in favor of trans athletes fell short
Women and girls today deserve to have their own quality sports programs.
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Opinion: We’re taking ranked-choice voting national for presidential elections
If all states had RCV, there would be no worries that a third-party candidate could tip a state — and thus the White House — against popular will.
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Rep. Chellie Pingree: Let asylum seekers work
The federal government is standing in the way of a perfect marriage between willing workers and employers eager to hire.
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Commentary: Trump would sell your grandkid’s future for $1 billion
Sometimes the movies that stay with you for decades aren’t the good ones, but the ones with an unforgettable ad or an utterly inane premise. That last category includes maybe the worst movie of Robert Redford’s long and distinguished acting career, 1993′s Indecent Proposal, in which a beautiful and desperately cash-strapped young wife (Demi Moore) […]