Strong leadership and supported governance are critical to any university. In Chancellor Malloy, the system already has a shot at both.
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Maine Voices: We won’t fix our problems if we can’t fix democracy
Majority policy preferences are ignored on abortion rights, gun safety, climate change and other issues because of unrepresentative government.
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Maine Voices: Let’s save both the Atlantic salmon and the Shawmut Dam
Keeping a hydroelectric dam on the Kennebec River would be good for the environment and the economy.
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Maine Voices: Next month’s Trek Across Maine a celebration of Maine community
The annual fundraising cycling event promotes lung health and speaks to the strength of our social fabric.
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Jim Fossel: Ukraine aid is in our national interest
But conservatives who call themselves nationalists are mistakenly opposing it.
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The Maine Millennial: Attack ad teaches Gov. Mills the wrong lesson
Don’t yield to bullies – they’ll just keep coming back for more.
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The View From Here: The real power of ‘the gun lobby’
We can’t pass meaningful public safety laws until we can overcome a fatal lack of trust.
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Commentary: When partisanship trumps journalistic integrity, the truth loses
It is clear that smear has carried the day when the Press Herald’s editorial page editor is willing to brand someone a liar without even calling that person.
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Maine Voices: Laws reducing the number of guns in our communities work – if we pass them
We don’t hear about the massacres that were prevented because Connecticut passed strict laws after Newtown. Here’s one example.
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Commentary: New UMaine System board chair invites faculty engagement
While we might disagree about particular decisions, we all share the same goals of providing our students with an affordable, world-class education.