Something besides the calendar needs to change if this is really going to be a new year.
Our View
Our View: Maine should build on lead-intervention success
Promoting the testing of wells for arsenic will help mitigate another public health threat.
Our View: Stopping terrorism calls for clear-eyed perspective
Focusing on those in one category allows others who pose a threat to evade scrutiny.
Our View: New search engine algorithms won’t save us from ‘fake news’
A Yale University student project supplies readers with articles that provide opposing views, which undermines the concept of truth.
Our View: Sen. Collins took partisan stand on tax bill
The Republican tax vote proves that both ideology and party affiliation still matter.
Our View: Immigration policy takes turn for the worse
A traffic stop by a Maine state trooper shows what can happen when police are encouraged to be a de facto deportation squad.
Our View: Reports raise questions on Maine’s public health
The state is getting more unhealthy relative to the rest of the U.S., and we need to know why.
Our View: Republican tax bill lacks what middle class needs
Issues like lower health care costs, equal opportunity and secure retirement are forgotten by the GOP.
Our View: LePage’s stand on pot protects illegal market
Making marijuana legal without permitting legal sales precludes above-board investment.
Our View: Youth prison fails those it’s supposed to serve
Despite good intentions, Long Creek sends troubled youth further down the wrong path.