Commentary: Mills’ health care plan is a good first step, but it may not be enough

Columnists

Published
January 13, 2020

Commentary: Mills’ health care plan is a good first step, but it may not be enough

Intricacies of the marketplace mean that insurance will become more expensive for most small groups and many middle-class families.
Published
January 12, 2020

The View From Here: A moderate case for Bernie Sanders

The Vermont left-winger might be best positioned to deliver the policies that moderates say they prefer.
Published
January 12, 2020

The Maine Millennial: Adding up all the costs of war

Military service members and their families know the price that has to be paid when conflicts escalate.
Published
January 12, 2020

Jim Fossel: Long range economic plan short on vision

Tax reductions and spending restraint are not on the Democrats' agenda in Augusta.
Published
January 12, 2020

Maine Compass: UMaine System student workers are not a commodity – they are an investment

By blocking the student workforce from receiving minimum-wage hikes, the system favors its bottom line over its mission.
Published
January 11, 2020

Maine Compass: CMP project will limit area’s options

While the claim that the proposed power line would destroy “pristine wilderness” may be exaggerated, the potential impact on Maine’s natural resources is not.
Published
January 10, 2020

Tom Waddell: Get out the vote

It may save American democracy.
Published
January 10, 2020

Maine Compass: Maine children deserve winter sports access

When the high cost of winter sports prices out parents, their children have no choice but to watch skiers and snowboarders from afar.
Published
January 9, 2020

Commentary: The troubled history of US-Iran relations

Tribune News Service (TNS)
Published
January 9, 2020

J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Just Mercy’

Jordan, Larson and Foxx, and even the white players who are forced to embrace cardboard cutout characters, J.P. Devine writes.