Efforts from the ground up won’t work without firm commitment from the top down.
Editorials
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Our View: Let’s end squeamishness about beach access
Public use of intertidal areas in Maine simply should not – still – be such a hard-fought battle.
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Our View: Brunswick spill a ‘never again’ moment for Maine
The more detail emerges about the circumstances of the spill, the more obvious it is that we need a far more rigorous approach to public health and safety … and to PFAS.
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Our View: State environmental protection needs to become much more active
Wanton pollution of Maine’s environment has to be cracked down on more harshly. This is not and cannot be a partisan matter.
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View from Away: Trump’s ridiculous mass deportation ‘solution’ hides his lies about the Southern Border
If reelected, former President Donald Trump, vows to carry out the “largest domestic deportation operation” in U.S. history and he claims that the Biden-Harris administration “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.” It’s a ridiculous claim, as PolitiFact and many other fact-checkers have […]
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View from Away: Why the Fed shouldn’t stop worrying about inflation
At the recent central-bank symposium at Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered a widely expected message on interest rates: “The time has come for policy to adjust.” He all but confirmed that the Fed would cut rates by at least a quarter-point when its policymakers next meet in September. A modest cut makes […]
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Our View: No better time to recognize Frances Perkins than right now
President Biden’s pledge to designate national monuments to the legacies of extraordinary women is tailormade for the crusading Perkins.
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Our View: Response to Brunswick foam spill a multifaceted failure
The buck could not have been passed any further. An anxious public deserves better.
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View from Away: Yes, more schools should ban student cellphones
This year’s hottest back-to-school trend is one most students won’t like: cellphone bans. A growing number of districts across the country have enacted, or plan to enact, prohibitions on students using their mobile phones during school hours starting this academic year. That includes some of the biggest districts, including Los Angeles Unified and New York […]
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View from Away: Harris needs to fill in the blanks for undecided voters
Since President Joe Biden ducked out of the presidential race last month, Vice President Kamala Harris has made steady gains against Donald Trump in most polls. If she wants that lead to endure past a honeymoon phase, she’ll need to articulate an agenda that appeals to persuadable but as-yet-undecided voters. The positions that will work […]