One era ends and another begins, and no one should even try to predict what the future holds.
Greg Kesich
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Greg Kesich: The 2016 election is over, but what did we decide?
Deep divisions over race and sexism have been exposed and can’t be healed by counting votes.
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Greg Kesich: Question 5 would fix problem of polarization in Maine politics
Our uncompromising, ineffective governor is the result of races where a fired-up base of voters is all you need to win.
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Greg Kesich: Political yard signs may be stupid, but freedom of speech is not
A Falmouth woman should take no pride in denying someone else their right to speak by removing Trump campaign signs.
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Greg Kesich: Question 1 on Maine ballot reveals the real dangers of marijuana
As Election Day approaches, we are seeing how the prospect of legal pot distorts people’s thinking.
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Greg Kesich: Trump can’t win, but our broken system won’t end after the election
The two parties need some soul-searching to chart a new political culture with fresh, sound ideas.
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Greg Kesich: Nation could learn from Maine’s election of ‘widely reviled buffoon’
The state’s experience with Gov. Paul LePage shows that hiring someone to run government who hates government does not work.
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Greg Kesich: Voting for president never seemed less issue-oriented
Policy? What’s that? And it doesn’t matter, anyway, because whoever wins won’t be able to govern.
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Greg Kesich: LePage hasn’t just talked himself past the point of no return
If he keeps speaking and acting like a racist, it doesn’t matter if he is one – the effect is the same.
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Greg Kesich: Online detractors won’t spell the end of ‘Mark Trail’ comic strip
In 174 newspapers, including this one, the comic strip ‘Mark Trail’ has stood the test of time.