There’s no proof that the lack of income tax gives the Granite State any advantage.
Doug Rooks
Douglas Rooks: Tribes have waited too long for governors’ respect
There should be no more pressing matter if Gov. Mills wins her second term.
Douglas Rooks: One way or another, Supreme Court must change direction
Five justices are changing the country against the wishes of a majority of the people.
Douglas Rooks: Supreme Court lays down the gauntlet
Recent decisions are among the worst ever handed down. And it’s only a start.
Douglas Rooks: Religion’s ‘free exercise’ could boomerang in Maine, nation
Lines between public and private have blurred and the Supreme Court seems intent on blurring them further, Douglas Rooks writes.
Douglas Rooks: Rep. Golden gets it wrong on guns
Golden contends that, because 18-year-olds can serve in the military, their off-duty gun purchases should remain unrestricted.
Douglas Rooks: The power of primaries has waned, but they’re still essential
Primary results once told volumes about what voters were thinking.
Douglas Rooks: Land conservation not the be-all and end-all
Land protection is an important value, but not the only one of interest to today’s Mainers, and those of the future.
Douglas Rooks: Will the ‘force of memory’ prevail?
Recalling George Mitchell’s imperative that “all democratic people know that it is the force of memory which keeps alive the force of freedom in the world,” Douglas Rooks ponders the implications of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the testing of the democratic alliances.
Douglas Rooks: After Roe, the court won’t be main actor
As the previously unthinkable possibility of the Supreme Court overturning the Roe v. Wade decision comes into focus, there are a number of other important forces at work in the public interest, Douglas Rooks writes.