The Supreme Court rules the federal government. When it comes to judges, the checks and balances that are supposed to restrain each of the three branches of the government don’t work. The Supreme Court composed of nine, unelected justices holding their positions for life have assumed virtually unlimited power. When they seek Senate confirmation, judicial […]
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Tom Purcell: What we need this Earth Day is more green thumbs
Earth Day is coming April 22, and I can’t think of a better opportunity for Americans to get their hands dirty. When Earth Day became an annual event in 1970 its purpose was to demonstrate support for protecting the environment. Today, more than 1 billion people in almost 200 countries will celebrate with events coordinated […]
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The Maine Idea: Bridges can span communities, if we let them
Sometime later this spring, probably in June, crews from the venerable bridge-building company Reed & Reed will begin replacing the Frank J. Wood Bridge that spans the Androscoggin River between Topsham and Brunswick. The bridge occupies an especially attractive stretch of river as it tumbles through a gorge below a huge dam between two large […]
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Michael Reagan: Save the planet from a President Newsom
My governor Gavin Newsom has finally found an excuse to get out of the state he’s been tyrannizing for the last three years. He’s going around to red states like Florida, telling them how they’re the ones that are doing everything wrong. While Newsom is AWOL, which actually is a good thing for the over-taxed […]
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Elwood Watson: We don’t need to mandate ‘trigger warnings’ in college
Amen to Cornell University president Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff for rejecting to ratify a proposal introduced by the student senate to mandate trigger warnings into syllabi and course content. In a statement, Pollack and Kotlikoff said such a mandate “would infringe on our core commitment to academic freedom and freedom of inquiry and […]
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Dick Polman: Generation Z flexes its muscle, imperils MAGA republicans
I’m updating a plea uttered by Princess Leia in “Star Wars”: “Help us, Generation Z! You’re our only hope!” Fortunately, the youngest voters in the electorate (current ages 18 to 26) are already helping us, big time. By landslide margins, as best evidenced at the ballot box, they’re sickened by the MAGA GOP’s racism, sexism, […]
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Peter Roff: You can’t tax your way back to prosperity
It’s tax season again and, with the possible exception of President Joe Biden and a few members of Congress, we’re not happy about it. Overall, thanks to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the federal tax bill many of us will pay is down from what it might have been. Biden thinks that’s a […]
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The Conversation: Anti-mifepristone court decisions rely on medical misinformation about abortion and questionable legal reasoning
THE CONVERSATION — An early April 2023 decision by a U.S. district judge in Texas to reverse 23 years of approval of the abortion pill mifepristone has sparked explosive debate. Mifepristone is a medicine that blocks the receptors for the hormone progesterone, which is needed for fetal development. It is part of a two-step medication abortion regimen […]
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Letters to the editor: Backing Pine Tree Power; the popular vote; and a new use for our remains
Maine families need Pine Tree Power In November 2022, my family welcomed a beautiful new baby to the world. Since then, we have also been welcoming something less joyous every month — sky-high electric bills from Central Maine Power, peaking at over $700 for January with our electric heating. That’s with us keeping the thermostat […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Democrats find a way to win
Things are not going well for the Democrats. GOP states unravel their policies, from abortion to education. Their voters are blocked. Courts legislate away their core policies. Republicans exploit apparent deadlock to threaten or even reverse a system that had mistakenly been thought to be permanent. The Democrats are on their back foot, as the […]
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