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Commentary: Germany can teach Maine a thing or two about road safety

by Mike Richards Special to the Press Herald January 8, 2023January 8, 2023

Personal responsibility – what a concept!

by Jim Fossel January 8, 2023January 10, 2023

While it’s easy to say that the take-no-prisoners approach I’m recommending would be foolish, something has to change.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal Special to the Press Herald January 8, 2023January 10, 2023

Is it any wonder millennials have embraced more left-wing policies of wealth redistribution?

by Will Bunch The Philadelphia Inquirer January 7, 2023January 6, 2023

Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the avatar of a much broader national failure to come to terms with what’s been happening in the last two years.

by Danielle Penny-Stroop Special to the Press Herald January 7, 2023January 6, 2023

Legislating against chemical agents regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency imperils already-struggling growers.

by Randall Balmer Special to the Los Angeles Times January 7, 2023January 6, 2023

Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on the field Monday threw the brutality of the sport into sharp relief.

by Dwayne Bickford Special to the Press Herald January 6, 2023January 5, 2023

A bipartisan group was committed to finding an amicable solution. This is how Congress should work.

by Eliza Newlin Carney The Fulcrum January 5, 2023January 4, 2023

Make no mistake, extremist threats haven’t gone away – but it was also the year when ‘the good guys struck back.’

by Clarence Page Chicago Tribune January 4, 2023January 3, 2023

You hear a lot of talk about Title 42 in connection to immigration, but the real issue isn’t about immigration. It’s politics.