Best remembered as a federal judge, Frank M. Coffin said he was most proud of his work with Edmund S. Muskie to revive the Maine Democratic Party in the 1950s.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Immigration stories belie nativist rhetoric
People moving around the globe are not being sent by shadowy figures who are up to mischief.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: It’s hard to chill out when there’s nobody to install your heat pump
Any technician able to paint a phone number on his pickup already has a long waiting list.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Chief Justice Roberts resorts to flawed theory to justify punting on gerrymandering
Originalism is wholesale fraud, manufactured by Justice Antonin Scalia and the Federalist Society.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Government turns its back on billionaire’s sex-abuse victims
Prosecutors broke the law when they negotiated an agreement that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to avoid a trial, and the deal should be thrown out.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Gina Barreca: The time I ran naked down the streets of Brooklyn, and other embarrassing moments
In the best-case scenario, you humiliate yourself in the company of people who are so understanding that the shame doesn’t have time to set.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Response to discrimination must occur before genocide is on the horizon
Whatever the defining term, we need to focus on the degradation being funded by our tax dollars at the border.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Marc A. Thiessen: Megan Rapinoe’s anthem protests hurt the fight for gender equity
The soccer superstar is squandering an opportunity to rally the country behind Team USA’s equal-pay lawsuit.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Putin’s attack on Western values was familiar. The American reaction was not
U.S. presidents used to have far different responses to Russian leaders.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Family-based character education will prepare students to protect, energize America
The idea that getting into a good college enables a lucrative career and, therefore, happiness has done a lot of damage.