No one is getting anything out of the dispute, including the Maine lobster and blueberry industries.
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Our View: Deficit would be zero if not for tax cuts
Maine Sen. Angus King rightly punctures the persistent claim that tax cuts pay for themselves.
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View from Away: The road back from El Paso and Dayton
Perhaps the gravest danger in the aftermath of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton is that these atrocities, far from bringing the country together, will divide it even more bitterly than before. The early signs are hardly encouraging. Don’t dismiss calling for unity at such times as a worthless cliché. If all […]
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Another View: Toni Morrison wouldn’t let us forget our racist past, and it haunts us still
The timing of her death is particularly poignant: We’re mourning both the novelist and the innocent people cut down for no reason but hatred.
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Our View: Buyers first line of defense against bad dog breeders
It’s often left up to customers to figure out if they are getting their pet from a legitimate source.
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Our View: Cyberbullying problem resistant to schools’ efforts
Online harassment is still on the rise, especially among girls, but tight education budgets are not meeting the challenge.
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Our View: Program helps make lobstering less dangerous
Life jackets work only if fishermen wear them.
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Our View: Trump amplifies ‘white power’ message
Politicians who spread lies about an immigrant invasion aimed at smothering ‘white culture’ do the terror groups’ work for them.
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View from Away: How not to fix government
The Trump administration is planning to move hundreds of federal jobs away from Washington. In principle, this idea could make sense — so long as it’s competently executed and done for the right reasons. In practice, the plan seems likely to fail both tests. As currently designed, the proposed relocations promise to yield meager, if […]
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Our View: Kids in foster care being left behind
A new housing program has potential, but help needs to reach these vulnerable children much sooner.