The tough partisan warrior who also valued compromise with his adversaries showed patriotic values that are missing from today’s politics.
Editorials
Our View: Tick-borne diseases need more of our attention
Maine has a robust surveillance program, but more funding is needed nationally to find out where and why tick populations are booming.
Our View: It will take work to save Maine’s working waterfront
The state and private sector need to work together to preserve an institution that’s crucial to the state’s economy and character.
Our View: Maine won’t wait long for answers on clean energy, transmission lines
A proposal to connect Aroostook County to the New England grid is a follow-up of sorts to the CMP corridor.
Our View: Justice Kavanaugh reveals radical view of abortion limits
As a nominee, he told Sen. Collins that Roe is ‘settled law’; as a justice, he says abortion should be a matter for the states to decide.
Our View: Some of our state’s most serious crimes go unreported
The rate of offenses continues to fall in Maine, but that figure doesn’t say it all.
Our View: New COVID variant could be the new normal
As long as the coronavirus is spreading around the world, we will have to stick with public health interventions that work.
View from Away: Defense blamed Ahmaud Arbery for his ‘dirty toenails.’ Jury saw through that dog whistle
The Miami Herald (TNS)
Our View: Use Maine’s surplus to help those still hurting
The state still has more work to do to repair the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftershocks.
View from Away: Medicare Advantage spending needs a closer look
Tampa Bay Times (TNS)