We should not lose sight of how catastrophic a default would be simply because we have come close before.
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Commentary: How to help school boards resist pressure groups
Anti-maskers and Proud Boys are disrupting meetings. Well-heeled reformers are undermining public education. Changing election calendars and lowering the voting age can help.
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Our View: Maine mourns 1,000 COVID deaths
The state remains one of the safest, but many of these losses could have been avoided.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: COVID isolation fuels hidden health crisis – falls in older Mainers
The weather forecast has forced the postponement of risk assessment and reduction events planned for this weekend in South Portland, but they will be rescheduled.
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Leonard Pitts: You can starve an ideal for only so long before you kill it
On Biden’s watch, images of Border Patrol agents running down Haitian migrants are both appalling and disappointing.
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Another View: Withdrawal of ATF nomination shows just how powerful firearm lobby remains
Even a man with exemplary credentials cannot lead the agency set up ‘to protect communities from violent criminals, criminal organizations’ and ‘the illegal use and trafficking of firearms.’
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Commentary: It’s time for Sen. Collins to support federal LGBTQ anti-bias protections
Maine has led the nation on a journey toward acceptance of LGBTQ people – voting for S.393 would continue this legacy.
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Our View: Maine can’t prove tax credit program works
The lack of reliable data makes it impossible to know whether a business development program was just an investor giveaway.
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Maine Voices: The more things change, the more they stay the same – or do they?
Unlike the Egyptians in 1177 B.C., we have the science and technology to mitigate the climate crisis, as long as we have the political will.
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Another View: Nemitz got it wrong on Question 1, power line project
His Sept. 16 column misunderstands the ballot question’s retroactivity provisions and ignores the transmission line’s benefits.