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Maine Voices: The shadow side of free community college tuition

by Dennis Camire Special to the Press Herald March 31, 2023March 30, 2023

After decades of labor, educated and qualified Maine adjunct faculty still don’t earn a living wage – and now our services are being given away. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial

by David A. Hopkins Bloomberg Opinion March 31, 2023March 30, 2023

The NRA’s biggest achievement has been defining the ownership of firearms as a distinctive form of social identity.

Times Record Opinion

The Maine Idea: Post office still stuck in neutral

by Douglas Rooks The Maine Idea March 30, 2023

It’s been four months since we last looked at the good old post office, as I prefer to call it, and things here got worse before they finally got better. The trough came in February when, on our rural route, the mail failed to arrive three consecutive days, and on the fourth – weirdly – […]

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Youth need adults to stop CMP corridor once and for all

by Isabelle Rogers Special to the Press Herald March 30, 2023March 29, 2023

Although the project was roundly rejected at the ballot box in 2021, CMP refuses to give up and has chosen a divisive path that ignores the will of Maine people.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Teacher shortage demands money more than innovation

by The Editorial Board March 30, 2023March 29, 2023

Some of the latest proposals to tackle the lack of educators in Maine sidestep the most effective known solution: raising pay.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: With federal opinion in hand, it’s time to relicense Shawmut dam, protect central Maine economy

by Kimberly N. Lindlof Special to the Press Herald March 30, 2023March 29, 2023

Gov. Mills will be able to make good on her promise that the dam will remain viable and continue to support the Sappi mill.

Times Record Opinion

The Conversation: SVB’s newfangled failure fits a century-old pattern of bank runs, with a social media twist

by Rodney Ramcharan University of Southern California March 29, 2023

THE CONVERSATION — The failure of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10, 2023, came as a shock to most Americans. Even people like myself, a scholar of the U.S. banking system who has worked at the Federal Reserve, didn’t expect SVB’s collapse. Usually banks, like all companies, fail after a prolonged period of lackluster performance. But SVB, the […]

Times Record Opinion

Carl Golden: Trump is right where he wants to be

by Carl Golden Guest column March 29, 2023March 28, 2023

He’s rude, crude, profane and insulting. He pins derogatory nicknames on his opponents, often ridiculing their physical characteristics. He accuses the media of corruption and “an enemy of the people.” He’s under ongoing Federal and state investigations into allegations of criminal behavior and stands in the shadow of an indictment. And, as Americans prepare to […]