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PublishedJuly 23, 2023
Maine Voices: The real reason people are packing up and leaving blue states
The initiatives of the progressive left sound good – until the bill comes due.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2023
Maine Voices: Nationalism is kryptonite to the left. It shouldn’t be.
Consider a Democratic commentator’s case for embracing two civil rights leaders’ 1966 Freedom Budget, born out of a belief in the fundamental goodness of America.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2023
Commentary: If there’s a Kennedy in your past, you might weigh a Kennedy for president in your future
What’s in a name? Democrats are wringing their hands over the candidacy of JFK’s nephew – for now, at least.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2023
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills’ influence is shrinking
It looks to me like progressives have started working around Maine’s governor rather than working to gain her support.
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PublishedMay 21, 2023
Jim Fossel: In both Augusta and D.C., the Democratic Party is the party of runaway spending
Much apart from what it means for Americans’ bottom line, ruling out all tax cuts damages bipartisanship.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Clarence Page: Toxic disasters attract toxic politics, and Donald Trump
While Biden’s administration had no visible presence at the Ohio derailment scene, Trump and his fellow Republicans came and campaigned to the ‘forgotten’ Americans who Democrats need to win again.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Commentary: Why America’s schools are getting more political
The parties’ ways of discussing education reflect a larger difference in how they perceive social relations in America.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2022
Young voters’ enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms
The shift may have been fueled by issues like high inflation, which has hit young people especially hard since their wages are less likely to increase fast enough to keep pace with rising prices.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Commentary: Biden’s no FDR. He’s not even Obama
The Democrats’ crowing over their legislative victories is not persuasive. But it does help them rationalize coming down to earth.
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PublishedMay 27, 2022
Sen. Pouliot: Tax policy is truly in the eye of the beholder
Who qualifies for Maine’s $850 rebate reflects the Republican belief that if the government is fully funded, any excess revenues should be returned to those who contributed it.
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