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columnists
Jim Fossel: LePage’s bold budget ideas deserve better
Democrats instantly went on the attack, but what we need is real reform.
Alan Caron: Anger has allowed GOP to lose its way
The party’s long fall was on display in Augusta last week.
Don Roberts: A new political agenda to overcome gridlock
Politicians should focus on four major areas to put our country straight.
Charles Krauthammer: With ‘nuclear’ option, Democrats’ punishment fits the crime
The party got what it deserved.
Greg Kesich: ‘Nuclear option’ to kill fillibuster may be best way to cut the bluster
The Senate is stymied in a partisan face-off and the party in power often gets what it wants. Hello, 2018?
Community Compass: Waterville budget lost at sea
The city needs big structural changes to keep rising taxes from swallowing residents.
Maine Compass: A drug-treatment success story
The author is now drug-free and has custody of her two kids, but her story could have turned out differently.
George Smith: Mining is not Maine’s future
We won’t get ahead by putting our natural resources at risk.
Karen Heck: Maine is leaving money on the table, and its residents behind
The state has rejected nearly $2 billion in federal funding, and it’s hurting Mainers.