Voters (and opinion writers for liberal newspapers) oppose free care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing illegal crossings and other conspicuously bad ideas.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Noah Smith: Ronald Reagan, the diversity president
Many Republicans are worried about America’s changing demographics. But it was a Republican president — Ronald Reagan — who set the country on its irrevocable course toward greater diversity. And they should honor Reagan’s vision. The U.S. is inexorably becoming a more heterogeneous country. Non-Hispanic whites comprise about three fifths of the population, down from […]
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Commentary: Usual responses to drug epidemics won’t reverse fentanyl fatalities
Solutions should focus on creative supply disruption, supervised opioid use sites and new forms of treatment.
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Maine Voices: Public Utilities Commission should look out for consumers’ interests, not CMP’s
It’s galling that the PUC has seconded the company’s specious rationale for wildly inflated bills.
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Maine Voices: Protect traditional fisheries’ access to ocean waters
Aquaculture should be kept to a smaller scale that doesn’t get in the way of other users.
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Annunziata Graziano, Brunswick: The words that suddenly put everything into perspective
Keep your eye on the ball. Don’t quit your day job. Eat dessert first (a personal favorite). You can’t take it with you. Never bite off more than you can chew. The best things happen when you stop waiting for them to happen. Over the course of 25 years, I’ve heard plenty of advice. My […]
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Doyle McManus: Trump’s deal with Taliban may be the best we can get
You may not have noticed, but the Trump administration is racing to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban, the Islamic militants who once sheltered terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and have been battling U.S. troops since 2001. As the latest round of closed-door talks wraps up in Qatar, a potential deal appears […]
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Timothy L. O’Brien: Mike Pence’s Doonbeg visit proves he’s a giver
Go ahead and forgive yourself if you find some details of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Ireland confusing. Although Pence has official meetings in Dublin (on Ireland’s east coast) he and his federal entourage have found lodging in Doonbeg (on Ireland’s west coast). Why Doonbeg? Well, Pence has ancestral ties to Doonbeg, about which […]
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John M. Crisp: Times have changed when it comes to hurricanes
As I write, Dorian, a formidable hurricane, is slowly approaching Florida’s east coast; by the time you read this, you will probably know whether Dorian hit Florida or whether it skewed north for a landfall on the coast of another hapless state. I have considerable sympathy for fellow citizens who live in Dorian’s path. I’ve […]
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George Smith: Bumpy road ahead for Maine drivers
The Legislature’s failure to fully fund transportation repair has us dodging potholes.