The labor secretary should possess the experience and temperament to stand up for the good of workers.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
It’s hard to understand Rep. Lawrence Lockman’s fear of immigrants
Immigrants actually make U.S. cities better, not worse, and Lockman’s fear-mongering cannot change that simple truth.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trade wars will not help manufacturing, but smart policies would
They don’t make great soundbites, but smaller, targeted policies would go a long way.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Charles Krauthammer: Trump’s grown-ups help the world deal with his bouts of loopiness
The combination of radical rhetoric and conventional policy may induce better behavior both in friend and foe.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: High risk pools are simply not a real replacement for Obamacare
Far from a better way, these plans were total failures before the ACA and will fail again.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
School broadband access should be funded from a broad base of support
Using landline surcharges only places too much of the burden on seniors who are on fixed incomes.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Charles Lawton: Maine Opportunity Project a step toward mending social divide
The purpose of the student educational, recreational and conservation programs is to cultivate relationships among the participants and with others they’d rarely get a chance to meet.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Fear of harmless people can turn the Constitution into forgotten fragment
Remembering how we treated Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor, when will we learn that fear is blind?
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Repeal of Obamacare would leave thousands of hardworking Mainers in the lurch
Making sure that they keep their health care is more important than yet another tax cut for the wealthy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Unable to stand on merit, Trump needs all the enemies he can get
But his habit of excoriating Clinton and the media hasn’t reversed his own record-level unpopularity.