As a 10-year-old in 1953, I recall seeing newsreels at the movies, which showed the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It seemed like a big deal to millions of people, but my passions revolved around playing Little League baseball and cheering on my Cleveland Indians, not about the monarchy. Tina, by contrast, recalls that she […]
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Gordon Weil: Court uses ‘shadow’ power to legislate
The Supreme Court is acting as a legislature – again. Two justices on the Court, a conservative and a liberal, just made that charge in a major case. Here’s the story of how two presidents set policy and the Supreme Court overruled them. When he was president, Donald Trump sought to protect the American public […]
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Commentary: Electoral Count Reform Act restores faith in democratic process
A bipartisan group was committed to finding an amicable solution. This is how Congress should work.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Soaring tower development all wrong for South Portland
It defies reason that our city would consider corrupting its shipyard zoning to allow 180-foot residential towers near our harbor shore.
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Our View: Lack of consequences for Santos’ fabulism humiliates us all
It’s not about the death of local media – it’s about the death of shame.
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The Maine Idea: GOP’s obstructionism turns on itself
Whatever the outcome of the Republican contest for U.S. House Speaker – as of this writing, it had cast four ballots without electing anyone – it’s clear that a reckoning with the GOP’s dysfunction can’t be postponed much longer. Kevin McCarthy had two months following the Nov. 8 election to line up enough votes to […]
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Another View: Time is running out for Afghan evacuees
Lawmakers couldn’t find room in the latest spending bill to give thousands of U.S. allies the chance at a green card. The new Congress should fix that mistake swiftly.
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Maine Voices: As the West shrugs, the world’s first Christians are being starved, ethnically cleansed
The U.S. and the EU must take a stronger stance on Azerbaijan’s brutal blockade of 120,000 civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh, or else the second Armenian Genocide is on our doorstep.
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Commentary: Where democracy won in 2022
Make no mistake, extremist threats haven’t gone away – but it was also the year when ‘the good guys struck back.’
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‘The storm nurtured a community spirit in Readfield’
Patty Stanton remembers melting snow to flush toilets and volunteering with the Lions Club at her local school.