A constitution works best when it limits government can do, not when it dictates what government must provide.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s ‘sunshine’ law has lost its power to illuminate
In recent years, the Freedom of Access Act process has become increasingly unreliable. If we care about transparency, we have no choice but to reform it.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Being old enough to understand the world is no bad thing
I’m about to be 92. A rise in ageism, or whatever you want to call it, has been bugging me for a long time.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Siobhán Brett: For how much longer can the Portland diocese play dumb?
We know too much for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland to stonewall allegations of abuse. If 20 complaints can’t change that, will anything?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?
The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Proposed project will be a change for the better in Bayside
Speak up Tuesday in favor of a mixed-use walkable neighborhood that includes about 200 units of much-needed affordable housing near parks, trails, schools, supermarkets and more.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: Looking back on suspenseful tales of time and loss
If enough years go by, an old Maine man can learn to like country music or find the hearing aid that cost as much as he earned in the Coast Guard.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Private texts confirm it – Fox isn’t a news network
The communications that went public add further proof that the right-wing media network is nothing more than a hypocritical grift.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Jeremy Cluchey: It’s time to talk about ‘parent rights’ in education
I am a parent of children in the Maine School Administrative District 75 school system. Recently, I have become concerned that certain rights of mine are not being respected. Here are some of the rights I’m talking about. As a parent, I have a right to send my kids into classrooms that are filled with […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Just a Little Old: We have met the enemy, and it is Fox News
A few years ago, while driving through South Carolina, we stopped at a Best Western Hotel where the television in the lobby was broadcasting CNN. I went up to the main desk and thanked the receptionist for not broadcasting Fox News, the common choice in those parts. I have a good friend in the south […]