Our minority-rules system favors rural states, so urban problems like gun violence can’t win.
Donald Trump
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Anti-immigrant school bullying hurts all of us in Maine
Whether it’s brazen or subtle, discrimination keeps minority students from learning and puts districts at legal risk.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Mainer’s sleep-studies Nobel Prize shows impact of science on daily life
The prize for medicine goes to three researchers at a time when fact-finding is under attack.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump’s remarks in Puerto Rico dwell on ‘real catastrophe’ of Katrina
By comparing hurricane death tolls, he’s trying to ward off criticism of the U.S. response to Maria.
Posted inBusiness
Mortgage interest or local tax? Deduction tradeoff discussed
Republicans from high-tax states are offered an either-or proposal to coax them to support Trump’s tax plan.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
The push is on to sell skeptical Americans on the value of corporate tax cuts
A campaign takes the argument to voters that Trump’s reform plan would unleash an economic bonanza.
Posted inNation & World
Trump lauds ‘incredible’ hurricane response, with most of Puerto Rico still without power and water
During Tuesday’s visit the president told officials, ‘you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack.’
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Eliminating the ‘death tax’ no boon for working families
What are being sold as ‘middle-class’ tax cuts would most benefit millionaires with investments.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: ‘Family values’ party seemed to loosen up – then Alabama resurrected Roy Moore
The late Hugh Hefner led a sexual revolution and thought Trump’s election signaled Republicans may join in. But the party’s Southern Christian base had other ideas.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump’s refugee cap contradicts the high ideals that founded America
Those willing to risk their lives getting here want to contribute toward building a better country.