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Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Plenty of hope in fight against climate change

by The Editorial Board September 23, 2019September 20, 2019

A generation that has seen the effects of climate change is now mobilizing politically.

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Our View: Abortion funding and assisted-dying laws can now go into effect

by The Editorial Board September 22, 2019September 20, 2019

Maine government will no longer discriminate against poor women who need abortions, or prevent the terminally ill from deciding when they have suffered enough.

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View from Away: Trump stands up for the real victims of homelessness — rich, foreign real estate investors

September 21, 2019September 20, 2019

On his way to scooping up $15 million in campaign contributions in California in two days, President Donald Trump was troubled. The Golden State has a growing problem with homelessness, he had learned (presumably from one or more of the 18 segments Fox News has aired about it this year), and he was determined to […]

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Our View: Others should follow in path of Joshua Strong

by The Editorial Board September 20, 2019September 19, 2019

The Damariscotta man, once deemed ‘incapacitated’ because of his autism, is now in control of his life.

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View from Away: Trump right to be in ‘no rush’ to respond to attacks in Saudi Arabia

September 20, 2019September 19, 2019

It’s reassuring that President Donald Trump says that he’s in “no rush” to respond militarily to last weekend’s devastating air attacks on two Saudi Arabian oil facilities — attacks Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo blamed on Iran. On Sunday the president had tweeted that the United States was “locked and loaded,” waiting only for […]

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Our View: Farmington tragedy’s long reach

by The Editorial Board September 19, 2019September 18, 2019

With the entire state’s attention focused on Farmington following Monday’s tragic explosion, we are reminded of how often service in public safety is a family affair. Capt. Michael Bell was killed in the explosion, and his brother, Fire Chief Terry Bell, was injured. Together, they have given more than 70 years of service to the […]

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Our View: We’ll all be safer on the roads with hand-held phone ban

by The Editorial Board September 19, 2019September 19, 2019

Devices designed to command your attention are not fit for a driver behind the wheel.

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View from Away: California gun laws are helping lower suicide rate

September 18, 2019September 17, 2019

Gun violence and mass shootings are the focus of attention in Congress, and rightly so. But the news that suicide rates are continuing to rise in the United States adds to the need for the nation to establish stricter gun safety laws. Researchers at Ohio State University studied 453,577 U.S. residents aged 25 to 65 […]