After Mar-a-Lago was searched by the FBI, former Gov. Paul LePage was eager to give his full-throated support of Donald Trump. Now that it’s been reported the FBI searched for nuclear documents, will LePage offer a retraction? LePage has been tethered to Trump for years. He campaigned alongside Trump numerous times and was the honorary […]
Siobhan Brett
Staff Writer
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the editor: Diplomacy can no longer save Haiti
I was the U.S. ambassador to Haiti (2012-15) and it’s my belief that it’s time to stop pretending diplomacy will work in Haiti. There is now no functional government, no working judiciary, no parliament. A weak police force is incapable of stopping the gang warfare that rules the capital – it has fewer weapons, fewer […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the editor: When it comes to secret documents, classified means classified
Former President Trump’s cavalier attitude toward handling documents classified at these levels should, by itself, disqualify him from ever holding political office where such materials are routinely handled.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Pine Tree Power to the people
A 2023 ballot question is likely to ask us what we think about “government-controlled power.” I think I’m for it.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Contemporary debate betrays a loose grasp of history
Beware offhand charges of ‘fascism’ and what it is to be ‘un-American.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: The problem with the new spending bill
The Democrats’ big win is backroom deal that will ultimately do more harm than good.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Validity of Mar-a-Lago raid must not be drowned out
Irresponsible condemnation of the FBI search, in Maine and elsewhere, highlights the former president’s grip on the public imagination.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Observer: A meditation on willpower and martial arts
I may have wanted to change the world. First, I changed myself.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letter to the editor: Political motivation in Mar-a-Lago search? Show me the evidence.
Over hundreds of years of jurisprudence the courts have developed rules governing the types and quality of evidence that parties can rely upon to prove the facts on which their case depends. You cannot simply go into court and state your opinion as to what the facts are. You must present witnesses who are sworn […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Back to not getting paid for back-to-school prep
By not paying for work carried out in the run-up to September, school districts take advantage of educators like me.