Putting out a list of jobs undone doesn’t bode well for the party’s electoral chances next year.
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Bill Nemitz: Got a good story? These kids want to help tell it
Casco Bay High School’s ‘People of Portland Project, 2020’ isn’t just about learning to produce a narrative. It’s about finding inspiration from the ‘everyday’ folks around us.
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The Maine Millennial: The politics of pregnancy
Every generation of American women face workplace discrimination if they get pregnant.
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Maine Voices: When it comes to helping Type 1 diabetes families, Sen. Collins is resting on her laurels
As insulin costs soar, she has put forward a Band-Aid bill and supported tax breaks for insulin manufacturers.
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Commentary: Federal taxes are too high
The Democrats running for president have demanded the government raise taxes on income, gasoline, energy, capital gains and your life savings at death. And your retirement savings will be hit by multiple taxes that they promise will only hurt “the rich” but will first and foremost reduce the value of your savings in your IRA […]
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Bill Nemitz: A Maine senator, a constituent and a failure to communicate
It started as an airport chat between Sen. Susan Collins and a ‘rude’ constituent. Now it’s the stuff of full-page newspaper ads.
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Maine Voices: Our state should embrace overdose prevention sites as the evidence-based step they are
A federal judge recently ruled that they’re not illegal, and data show that they save money, save lives and serve as a bridge into treatment.
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Jay Ambrose: Trump still not as bad as the Democrats
President Donald Trump, surrounded by political enemies constructing an underhanded, dishonest impeachment, pretty much told the nation that he did not belong in the White House when he decided to yank our troops out of Syria. It was a disastrous, ignorant move serving no end but revived terrorism, murderous calamity for our Kurdish allies and […]
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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Democratic divide on display at debate
The latest Democratic debate provided a dramatic display of the divide between the advocates of revolution and restoration in the party’s presidential race. It also illustrated the contest’s revised pecking order On one side, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders argued the country needs major structural reforms and defended far-reaching proposals epitomized […]
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Commentary: Higher education discriminates against conservatives
Higher education prides itself on two overarching values: supporting the marketplace of ideas and academic freedom. But there has been an increasing and unremitting effort to eliminate conservatives and conservative thought in the humanities and social sciences in the American academy. Channeling the late civil rights advocate President John F. Kennedy, who said, “Are we […]