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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jim Fossel: Presidential race could turn on Maine’s ranked-choice voting
In a close election, Maine’s voting system could consolidate the anti-Trump opposition in a way that will help Democrats.
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Maine PUC: Editorial mischaracterizes panel’s role in resolving CMP complaints
The commission cannot and will not prejudge decisions in any ongoing investigation or rate case of any utility.
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Bill Nemitz: Police did their job for a troubled veteran – now we must do ours
Maine has no long-term treatment beds for military veterans experiencing mental-health crises. That’s a crime.
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Commentary: Collins turning her back on Maine tradition of open government
The senator’s constituents have a lot of questions about her voting record, but she won’t answer them at town hall forums.
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Douglas Rooks: Elections must be contested to be truly democratic
National Democrats back Sara Gideon in the race for the Senate, and cut out a good candidate.
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Commentary: Maine reaches milestone on road to tax fairness
Starting in 2020, the poorest households in our state will no longer pay a larger share of their income in taxes than the wealthiest do.
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Commentary: 9/11 led me to Syria, Afghanistan and national service
I watched the Twin Towers collapse on a tiny television in my English classroom at The Park School in Baltimore County. I was 17. I called military recruiters that week. Like so many Americans, that day triggered a lifetime of pursuing service for the common good. I felt that shared desire to serve in my […]
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Christine M. Flowers: Kavanaugh confirmation hearings still offer a warning one year later
A year ago this week, the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings got under way. They dropped a bomb on American social psychology and created a tectonic divide. And, as a book published this week suggests, their controversies were the result of a politically motivated hit campaign. I have to admit that when President Donald Trump picked Brett […]
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Commentary: The NRA is not a terrorist organization
The National Rifle Association richly deserves criticism for its role in preventing the enactment of sensible gun control legislation. The Los Angeles Times put the matter bluntly in an editorial in February: “Because of the gun group’s cynical hardline policies and near-religious embrace of the Second Amendment, more and more Americans live at daily risk […]