President Donald Trump was worried about the wrong thing. Among the more colorful revelations of the Mueller report was Trump’s reaction to hearing that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election and matters arising from it. “Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my […]
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Commentary: Barr embarrasses himself and Justice Department
Attorney General William Barr’s cheerleading for President Trump on Thursday morning was entirely inappropriate, and forces the question of whether a cover-up is underway. Barr claimed, in his brief back and forth with journalists, that he was only there to answer questions about the process of producing the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, not […]
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Maine Voices: Despite Sen. Collins’ failure to protect ACA, there’s still hope for the law’s future
Thanks to the U.S. House shake-up, the conversation is moving from saving Obamacare to strengthening it.
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Gina Barreca: In the ancient arms of Notre Dame
Why should anyone care about a fire in Paris when we all have more immediate problems closer to home? I’d just finished grading papers, sitting in a rare moment of silence in my office at work, when one of my students came in and said “Notre Dame is burning.” It was one of those phrases […]
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Commentary: Get toxic chemicals out of Maine’s food
Phthalates and PFAS – linked to health concerns such as cancer, infertility and obesity – would be phased out of food packaging under L.D. 1433.
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Bill Nemitz: When a church falls, we lose more than a just a building
The horrific sight of Notre Dame Cathedral burning stuns the world and, closer to home, triggers memories of the day another church came crashing down.
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George Smith: The Central Maine Power project is wrong for western Maine
The proposed transmission line would hurt the very thing that makes Maine special.
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Commentary: A constitutional pathway is available to ranked-choice voting in state elections
If there were only a first and a second choice, votes could be added directly to a candidate’s total and tabulated in a single count.
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Cynthia M. Allen: ‘Unplanned’ forces those willing to watch to see the reality of abortion
There is a scene in the HBO adaptation of the Stephen Ambrose tome, “Band of Brothers,” in which the men of Easy Company, out on patrol, come across a Nazi concentration camp. The German guards have abandoned the camp, and the prisoners who remain are but shadows of men — diseased, broken, starved and dying. […]
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Maine Voices: Amid shock, grief of abortion late in pregnancy, I’m coping by advocating for other women
Nobody should have to go without abortion care for lack of insurance coverage.