The new trend is distinguished more by its emphasis on cultural nostalgia than by any movement away from traditional conservative economics.
Siobhan Brett
Staff Writer
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Don’t blame people for trying to take housing into their own hands
Portland’s ballot questions on short-term rentals and tenant protections didn’t fall from the sky.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Opioid epidemic’s undue burden on rural Maine requires our full attention
Investment in evidence-based approaches can help guide our rural communities out of crisis.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: So you can’t fight inflation. How about not adding to it?
When it comes to tempering the cost of living, President Biden could have done a whole lot more by doing a whole lot less.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Why don’t we try listening to our anxiety?
Mental health experts often tell us to ‘breathe through’ things. Faced with the terror and grief of today, that encouragement is misguided.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: There’s a profound moral impetus to protect the right whale
Let’s pull together for an endangered species that, as you may have noticed in recent weeks, has no constituency.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A little help on parsing inflation from New Hampshire’s Sununu
What we’re confronting today is primarily global; not just fueled but also fired up by the supply chain shutdown during the worst of the pandemic.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: IRS hiring plans wildly and repeatedly overblown
A Republican Party line on the IRS seems to be predicated on the conviction that members of Maine’s middle class aren’t paying their fair share. Aren’t we?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Jan. 6 hearing reminds us that democracy is on the ballot
The facts compiled by the House committee are clear, yet Republican leaders and millions of voters choose to believe otherwise.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: If we’re serious about moving to clean energy, Maine needs Pine Tree Power
Thanks to our natural resources and our tradition of self-reliance, Maine could become a regional clean-energy powerhouse. The transition must work for everyone.