Just like the Minneapolis police officers who watched George Floyd die, we have an obligation to act.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The example of Roosevelt and Willkie points the way for American renewal
The COVID-19 crisis is a time to rise above partisan rancor and nurture our embers of unity into a conflagration of common purpose.
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Commentary: Pandemic relief will drive up the deficit. That’s a good thing
History shows that deficit spending is one of the most powerful tools federal officials have to protect Americans and hasten economic recovery.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s unemployment is part of a bigger problem
Historic job losses are occurring everywhere and won’t be slowed without intervention from Washington.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Wise and compassionate, crows will be our Memorial Day witnesses
Things will be different this year, but our honored dead will not be forgotten.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: We’re not ‘all in this together,’ and we never were
Want proof? Consider the benign response to the descent on Michigan’s statehouse by an armed, white anti-lockdown mob.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: We must save lives at risk from COVID, new nuclear arms race
Encourage our U.S. senators to sign on to an extension of the New START Treaty.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Harsh rhetoric tears us apart – and can make violence seem acceptable
The often-overlooked reaction to the 1970 Kent State shootings offers chilling lessons for us today.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Postal Service may become a COVID casualty
We are in danger of losing an institution enshrined in our Constitution that offers a service that no private company would provide.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
A fiddler falls hard for a pretty Irish nanny in Civil War era America
In ‘Simon the Fiddler,’ author Paulette Jiles ably captures the texture of the American Southwest.