The only thing worse than presidential debates may be a campaign without them.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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TV SERIES REVIEW: ‘The Dry’ is a strange, often bewildering sitcom
In the opening scenes of Paddy Breathnach and Nancy Harris’s “The Dry,” we meet Shiv (short for Siobhan played by Roisin Gallagher) arriving home unexpectedly from London in a cab. She seems surprised that no one in the family is there to meet her. Once you meet this family, you’ll wonder if she really grew […]
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Douglas Rooks: For presidential campaign clues, look abroad
What’s going on in Israel and Britain may, once again, foretell what’s going to happen here.
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ON MUSIC: Jontavious Willis says blues is about sharing the experience
Reconnecting with artists is always fun, especially when they are enthusiastic about our great State of Maine — such is the case of today’s chat with Jontavious Willis, who will be coming to One Longfellow Square. He called me from Luthersville, Georgia, on Jan. 5, and the bluesman was more than happy to talk with […]
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Commentary: Some Americans (but not you and me) can avoid taking responsibility for their mistakes
Suppose that when you did something bad, you could split off another you to deal with it, basically by dying and taking the punishment with it. You can’t. But you could if you were a corporation, and would if you were a corporation owned by Charles Koch and you wanted to avoid possibly paying lots […]
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Maine Compass: Protect Maine elections from foreign influence
Take the message sent by Mainers last November all the way to Congress.
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Commentary: Post-Roe America’s national shame: 65,000 forced pregnancies
It’s now been about a year and a half since the Supreme Court’s decision to revoke the constitutional right to abortion. Over that time, new data has been gradually filling in the picture of what access to reproductive health care looks like in much of the US. And the image forming is increasingly grim. Consider […]
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Opinion: Connectivity is critically important to telemedicine – and more
The future of the Affordable Connectivity Program simply should not be hanging in the balance.
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Opinion: US government paralysis scares allies even more than possible Trump victory
Who could trust a U.S. government that behaves so irresponsibly?
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Hilary Koch: Oscar snub for ‘Barbie’ shines spotlight on bigger problem
We must create an environment where women, both in Hollywood and elsewhere, are valued for their contributions, not confined to supporting roles only.