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Our View: Americans’ 1776 plight offers lessons for us today

by The Editorial Board July 4, 2018July 3, 2018

Unity and conviction got us through at a time when our ideals and principles seemed doomed.

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD July 3, 2018July 2, 2018

Over and over, the governor has moved the goalposts on enacting the measure, then blames others for its being stalled.

by the editorial board June 29, 2018June 29, 2018

A tiny error in a massive budget bill does not outweigh the expressed will of the voters.

by The Editorial Board June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

Abortion rights and marriage equality are at risk if principled Republicans don’t speak up.

by The Editorial Board June 26, 2018June 25, 2018

The state has already shown that public investment in the port delivers benefits.

by The Editorial Board June 25, 2018June 24, 2018

Because our economy is built on insecure, low-wage jobs, far too many Americans are living on the brink of financial disaster.

by The Editorial Board June 24, 2018June 23, 2018

A tit-for-tat conflict with China could result in shrinking the world market for Maine lobster.

by the Editorial Board June 24, 2018June 23, 2018

Only critics of the system were disappointed when the final results did not produce chaos.

by The Editorial Board June 22, 2018June 21, 2018

Doing away with Maine’s ‘one-mile rule’ could spur development in remote, pristine areas where it doesn’t belong.

No public policy of any value could emerge from a process as flawed as this one.