A map shows that Maine is on fire. What are we going to do about it?
Doug Rooks
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Douglas Rooks: What did we learn from the COVID pandemic?
Four years after life as we know it was changed by a virus, we still haven’t come to terms with how we responded.
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Douglas Rooks: As Supreme Court dithers, storm clouds gather
As it confronts an epochal series of decisions about how we conduct our presidential elections, the U.S. Supreme Court is skating on thin ice. Monday’s unanimous decision restoring Donald Trump to the Maine ballot just before in-person voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary was not unexpected, but its sweeping nature certainly was. The court agreed that […]
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Douglas Rooks: Rep. Golden confronts Gov. Mills on guns
The Lewiston shooting was a wake-up call that Maine policymakers cannot afford to ignore.
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Douglas Rooks: With offshore wind port, something big is finally happening
It’s about time for the state to seriously begin cutting fossil fuel use from our electric grid.
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Douglas Rooks: Age not always a political disability
When considering candidates’ fitness for office, voters often have an age-old question to answer.
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Douglas Rooks: ‘Red flag’ law not just needed, but essential
Concerns that red flag laws unduly burden gun owners don’t stand up to scrutiny.
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Douglas Rooks: For presidential campaign clues, look abroad
What’s going on in Israel and Britain may, once again, foretell what’s going to happen here.
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Douglas Rooks: What’s next for Maine after climate change ends winter as we know it
It’s difficult to convince societies and nations to make radical changes. The danger is that whatever response we mount now will be too late.
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Douglas Rooks: Union revival no longer a pipe dream
Joe Biden set out to be the most pro-labor president in memory, and succeeded. He became the first president to join a picket line during the epic United Auto Workers strike against the “big three” automakers that the unions won — game, set and match. Donald Trump spoke at a non-union auto parts plant in […]