Using the popular vote instead of electors would help restore trust in elections.
Doug Rooks
Douglas Rooks: Juries, voters should decide Trump’s fate
The former president’s name can remain on the ballot without putting the Republic in danger.
Douglas Rooks: George Mitchell and how to serve your constituents
The Maine political giant, who just turned 90, has lessons for today’s elected officials.
Douglas Rooks: We must protect ‘the speech we hate’
As a Supreme Court justice once pointed out, no one objects to speech they like.
Douglas Rooks: Destroying consensus is easier than building it
The recent death of Sandra Day O’Connor recalls the seemingly lost art of consensus-building. As the many appreciations appropriately noted, she was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and the last justice to hold elective office. O’Connor was Ronald Reagan’s initial high court pick. Later judicial selections by Reagan and his […]
Douglas Rooks: A shadow over gun debate in Maine Legislature
There’s no question the Legislature will begin the 2024 session in a tough place. The majority in both chambers have longstanding disagreements with their fellow Democrat, Gov. Janet Mills, over a number of issues, including firearms safety. The Lewiston massacre on Oct. 25 demands a state response, but what that response should be is uncertain, […]
Douglas Rooks: N.H.’s primary has seen better days
For two decades, no president was elected without winning New Hampshire. Now, Democrats are leaving it in the dust.
Douglas Rooks: Maine’s broken referendum process needs our help
We’re voting more often, but getting a lot less out of it, even when questions are adopted.
Douglas Rooks: Pine Tree Power targeted wrong side of electricity equation
Plus other lessons from Election Day 2023, including a big night by Democrats.
Douglas Rooks: A tipping point in the fight against gun violence
The ripples of last week’s “mass shooting” — an inadequate term, but all we have — continue to spread, but gradually the shock waves are receding from the days immediately following the horrific events in Lewiston. For a time everyone locked their doors, while the search for the man who took 18 lives, not including […]