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PublishedJune 16, 2022
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.
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PublishedJune 9, 2022
Douglas Rooks: The power of primaries has waned, but they’re still essential
Primary results once told volumes about what voters were thinking.
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PublishedJune 2, 2022
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.
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PublishedApril 21, 2022
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.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2021
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.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2020
Douglas Rooks: Melville Fuller’s career put on trial
An extraordinary letter from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court asking that a statue of jurist be removed lacks compelling evidence.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2020
Douglas Rooks: Canada’s Medicare must become our Medicare
“Medicare for All” is the best slogan ever coined for creating a national health care system in America.
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