opinion

Published
July 19, 2023

Clarence Page: Defense bill no longer a no-brainer, as Speaker McCarthy gives in to far-right faction

Congress used to pass Pentagon funding with an easy bipartisan coalition. In the era of culture wars, that’s over.
Published
July 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.
Published
July 19, 2023

Commentary: By giving Ukraine cluster bombs, the U.S. is saying it’s OK to kill civilians

More innocents will die because of the use of these evil weapons of war, which can have the same lingering effect as a land mine.
Published
July 19, 2023

Our View: Coy on legacy admissions, Maine’s top colleges contradict themselves

Reluctant to provide information about favorable treatment for children of alumni, Bates, Bowdoin and Colby show there are limits to their commitment to fairness and transparency.
Published
July 17, 2023

John L. Micek: A totally fixable budget impasse involving a potential presidential candidate