A Republican Party line on the IRS seems to be predicated on the conviction that members of Maine’s middle class aren’t paying their fair share. Aren’t we?
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Maine state Sen. Rick Bennett: Should we call this case Frey v. Frey?
A subpoena by the Maine Government Oversight Committee to obtain the DHHS records of four slain children highlights a conflict of interest between two branches of state government.
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Rep. Allison Hepler: Volunteers help fill the transportation gap
I recently had the opportunity to ride along with a volunteer driver for the Volunteer Transportation Network (VTN), a local program that provides free rides to folks in need of accomplishing errands or getting to medical appointments. In my two hours spent with the driver and the rider, it became abundantly clear that there is […]
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Doug Bennett and Ingrid Chalufour: What’s Brunswick’s story, really?
What’s Brunswick’s story? How do we understand this place? We know it, don’t we, as a place where people have come to live, work, raise families and play for decades, for centuries, for millennia. It’s a good place, one of the best. We tell stories of the places we settle in various ways. We write […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Ukraine ends a post WWII world
The Ukraine War wasn’t supposed to happen. At the end of the Second World War, Americans and others drank their own bathwater, as the saying goes. They imagined that the winning alliance – the U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union, France and China – had finally halted the endless land wars for territorial gain. In 1945, […]
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Giving Voice: Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program prepares to start a new chapter
GIVING VOICE — For many of us, the past year at Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program has felt like a waiting game. Waiting for zoning changes, building plans, freezers, food and just about everything else. We learned again and again that our small corner of the world is not exempt from disruptions in the global […]
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Barbara Held: What Barbara Ehrenreich taught a diehard pessimist about hope
Upon learning of the death last month of my hero and friend, the great social-justice activist and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, my thoughts turned to her 2007 Harper’s article, “Pathologies of Hope.” She opened with no punches pulled: “I hate hope. It was hammered into me constantly a few years ago when I was being treated […]
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David Treadwell: Run, Herschel Walker, run!
Once upon a time, there was a rich businessman (or at least he claimed to be rich) from New York City with orange hair and gold fixtures in his bathroom and a popular TV show who decided to run for president. He loved holding rallies and blaming “those people” — anyone who wasn’t white or […]
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Another View: Jan. 6 hearing reminds us that democracy is on the ballot
The facts compiled by the House committee are clear, yet Republican leaders and millions of voters choose to believe otherwise.
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Commentary: If we’re serious about moving to clean energy, Maine needs Pine Tree Power
Thanks to our natural resources and our tradition of self-reliance, Maine could become a regional clean-energy powerhouse. The transition must work for everyone.