Identity politics may threaten democracy more than those pathetic, would-be Nazis.
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Maine Voices: Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because it’s God’s creation
Proposed oil drilling would have serious impacts on species of animals, birds – and the native people.
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Commentary: President Trump shows that he’s quick to back down
On issues from the Russia sanctions to Charlottesville, he’ll eventually cave to pressure and wind up supporting what he’d earlier rejected.
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Maine Voices: Secure border would prevent deaths of those now seeking illegal passage
The number of aliens who die in the desert would be lower if they didn’t think they could reach the U.S.
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Maine Observer: Beach to Beacon is the way a race should be
Take it from a nonracing spectator who has made watching the race an annual family tradition.
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Analysis: What Kim Jong Un really wants
North Korea’s dictator wields his weapons to keep his grip on power and to force the U.S. to negotiate on sanctions and leave him alone.
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Cynthia Dill: Rob Gomez makes losing honorable, as rulers make winning look scary
This is a season of nice guys finishing first in Maine, but apparently not elsewhere.
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Jim Fossel: Venezuela crisis bears watching
The U.S. has to be cautious with this major trading partner, but has moral and strategic reasons to oppose its government.
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Alan Caron: The nation needs Susan Collins
As Maine’s Republican senator decides whether to run for governor, she should take a hard look at the state of her party and at her influence in Washington.
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Garrison Keillor: Class reunion takes stock in ordinary goodness of life
Donald Trump has been making front-page news for months, but among my old classmates, not a word.