Common sense reforms that most Americans support are made to look like a ‘socialist takeover.’
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Douglas Rooks: Our endangered ‘government of laws’
When those public officials chosen under a democratic system do not want to be bound by the legal limits of their power, they sometimes ignore those limits, and defy those trying to defend the system. That’s the lesson we’re now learning in Washington. But we saw it unfold in Augusta years earlier, during the administration […]
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Timothy L. O’Brien: A true public servant deals Trump a crushing blow
A career civil servant who is a West Point graduate, soldier, officer, military attache and veteran diplomat told Congress on Tuesday that President Donald Trump personally and explicitly tried to force Ukraine’s president to investigate Trump’s political opponents by withholding crucial military aid and a coveted White House meeting. William Taylor testified that the U.S. […]
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George Smith: Put the brakes on Central Maine Power’s transmission line
While it once looked inevitable, there is now a pathway for stopping the project.
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Maine Voices: Trump’s demonization of immigrants is nothing new. But it’s time to say ‘no more’
Speak out against his rhetoric, and against elevating an immigration hard-liner to homeland security secretary.
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Commentary: Developing the next generation of manufacturing talent will take fresh thinking
Ideas include raising wages, partnering with community colleges, making room for ‘gig’ workers and welcoming back retirees.
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Commentary: Lower Maine fines result in higher number of people injured, killed by speeders
Maine should use all available tools to enforce speed limits and educate the public about the risks of driving too fast.
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Commentary: Americans have spent 230 years trying to rein in presidential misconduct
Many presidents, starting with Thomas Jefferson, have faced calls for impeachment. Most presidents and members of their administrations, starting with the presidency of George Washington, have come under fire for serious breaches of law and conduct. How can we understand our present crisis against the long record of presidential wrongdoing? Until the presidency of Richard […]
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Maine Voices: Forest products industry has much to celebrate
New investment in plant modernization and new goods heading to market mean the industry is back on the rise.
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Commentary: ‘Marijuana banking’ would benefit almost everyone
The Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would grant banks a safe harbor to do business with legitimate firms within the marijuana industry, recently passed a House vote with bipartisan support and is now headed to the Senate. One of marijuana legalization’s biggest remaining questions may soon have an answer, and that’s good […]