Trump’s retention of classified documents likely violates the Espionage Act because he refused to return them.
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Clarence Page: Has Biden bungled the border crisis? He’s not alone
President Biden has been slow to move on the border issues that have led to asylum seekers being bused north by Republican governors. But the mess at the border crosses party lines, even if the solutions don’t.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The legal system has never had an answer for violent kids
When very young children kill, it prompts soul-searching among adults – but very rarely any criminal charges.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Parents Defending Education is not at all what it says it is
The national conservative group and others like it are conniving to destroy public schools.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: 50 years after Roe v. Wade, we must take abortion into our own hands
The consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization are especially severe for low-income, Black, Indigenous and other people of color.
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Commentary: Mainers could benefit from lithium boom if state politicians allow it
For a variety of reasons and ends, the U.S. needs battery materials. Maine has at least one handsome stockpile. Onerous mining regulations stand in the way.
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Commentary: Republicans want to cut Medicare. Here’s how real leaders would handle the deficit
The difference between public servant and politician has seldom been more stark than it is today.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Increasingly diverse U.S. workplaces will force more employers to be flexible
Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are by now common across America. So far, too many have been rigid, poorly developed and prone to failure.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Looking at Portland’s racial disparity in arrests, and weighing what it means
What I know is that bias is pervasive, even if most of us don’t think of ourselves as biased at all.
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Jim Fossel: Could speaker drama happen in Maine?
If Republicans got the House majority, their own ineptitude – combined with Democratic unity and ideological cohesion – could still cost them the gavel.