A recent jibe by NBC’s Chuck Todd is the latest salvo in the half-century assault on the intellectual respectability of religious belief.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Noah Feldman: It matters why Republican senators vote to acquit Trump
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George Smith: Stories of Maine wildlife
A new book has both information and stories about the mammals, fish and even bugs of Maine.
Maine Compass: Prostate cancer is not ‘the good cancer’
There is no such thing as a ‘good’ cancer.
Maine Compass: The CMP corridor will harm brook trout
Brook trout thrive in Maine’s cold streams, especially in the region that will be crossed by CMP’s new 53-mile-long corridor from Beattie Township to Moxie Gore.
Commentary: Maine should build on campaign-finance reform progress
Let’s push to bar corporations from funding state-level candidates and PACs that engage in state elections.
Greg Kesich: Portland should follow Waterville’s model
There’s reason for enthusiasm about a new research institute in Portland, but it shouldn’t try to be the next San Jose.
Commentary: Trump’s overhaul of Medicaid is a loser all around
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Bill Nemitz: Back then, Collins called Trump ‘unfit.’ What’s changed?
Maine’s senior senator would do well to heed her own words from 2016 about the man who would become president.
Commentary: Trial highlights holes in the case against Susan Collins
Extremist vitriol notwithstanding, a close look at her record shows that the senator has earned her center-right reputation.