Douglas Rooks: Flag symbols can unite, not divide

Mainers will have a simple choice in front of them Nov. 5, the columnist writes.

Douglas Rooks: Maine’s public defender requirements need an immediate fix

Douglas Rooks: A presidential race turned upside down

Douglas Rooks: ‘Fighting Joe’ the answer to our Biden woes

Biden has a path to political recovery, paved by none other than Harry Truman in 1948, the columnist writes.

Douglas Rooks: Much more at stake than Biden-Trump

Douglas Rooks: Biden’s dilemma goes to the heart of democracy

Voters should ask themselves whose policies would most benefit the American people, and the world for which the United States is still a leading force, writes the columnist.

Douglas Rooks: Leadership, not recriminations, will mend public defense crisis

Douglas Rooks: Maine senators bring home the bacon, and then some

Earmarks provide encouragement for voters to believe someone is actually listening to them in Washington, the columnist writes.

Douglas Rooks: Maine primary’s partisan fault lines grow wider

Striking polarization of the electorate makes it even less likely outside-the-numbers candidates can prevail, the columnist writes.

Douglas Rooks: Roberts has one chance to salvage court’s reputation