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Editorials
Our View: Maine should pass aid-in-dying law
At the end of life, people should be allowed to chose care that reduces suffering, even if it also hastens their death.
View from Away: On NATO’s 70 birthday, public, Congress wisely value alliance
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 70th birthday on Thursday should be marked by calls to reject the revisionist history of President Donald Trump, who thinks NATO nations rip off the U.S. while relying on its military might. It’s fair to criticize these nations for not meeting goals on upgrading their militaries. But America has benefited […]
View from Away: Puerto Rico is still in distress long after Hurricane Maria
Recovering from a natural disaster is never easy. But it’s infinitely harder when federal emergency funds for rebuilding are subject to the whims, lies and misconceptions of a hostile president. That’s where Puerto Rico finds itself, hostage to President Donald Trump’s flights of fancy as it struggles to recover from the devastation wreaked by Hurricane […]
Our View: Program shows how to bring Mainers together
With Operation Breaking Stereotypes, students with different backgrounds prove we can be one Maine.
View from Away: The White House should come clean on security clearances
Of course it is difficult not to savor the irony in a White House whistleblower’s claim that the Trump administration improperly granted security clearances to more than two dozen individuals. As a candidate, Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton’s use of an insecure private email server to transact State Department business was corruption “on a […]
Our View: Maine’s new solar law is just a first step
The last administration’s hostility to renewable energy has put the state years behind on the kind of regulatory upgrades needed to fairly price this energy.
Our View: Cutting aid won’t help stop border crisis
President Donald Trump’s plan for the problems at the border would only make them worse.
View from Away: Running for president in the #MeToo era
The first #MeToo allegations of the 2020 presidential race hit over the weekend, letting the general public in on a secret that apparently was already known in political circles: that former Vice President Joe Biden can be a bit too “handsy” with women and girls. Biden’s behavior didn’t draw much scrutiny until an essay appeared […]
View from Away: The tragic death of Sandy Hook father carries with it a sobering lesson
In the dark days that followed the massacre at Sandy Hook, one phrase spoke to the sliver of hope and optimism a grieving state was desperately hanging onto: Love Wins. Two words spoke to the enduring belief that whatever hatred might have driven the shooter to commit the unthinkable, the blanket of love woven by […]