Opinion
Our View: Sharpened focus on mental health will improve gun laws
Testimony before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee last week rightly focused the superiority of the red flag law and the imperative to reduce the state suicide rate.
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Opinion: Invest in state family planning network, invest in public health
Organizations like mine are serving more patients than ever – without the funding to match.
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Another View: Robert Hur show obscures the real takeaways
Hur’s attempts to paint the president as on the verge of senility are refuted by the transcripts – and by Biden’s recent public appearances.
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The cost of a cease-fire
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Working for the common good
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Congress should act on Article 3
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Attitudes toward affordable housing are making me leave Maine
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Our View: Attacks on shield law are nothing more than election-year posturing
The effort by 16 Republican attorneys general to intimidate Maine out of a sound idea needs to be seen for exactly what it is.
Opinion: I hoped to write less about Trump in 2023. I failed.
I was wrong when I thought Trump's legal troubles would get in the way of his march to the GOP nomination.
The Maine Millennial: How do you stop a massacre?
The injustice in Gaza prompted me to reflect on the mass killing of civilians in My Lai.
Jim Fossel: Incivility in politics lets us all down
The 2024 State of the Union served as a reminder of how far standards have fallen.
Clarence Page: For one night, Biden was the media master while Trump was fumbling
The president performed well enough last week to reap the full benefit of our low expectations.
The humble Farmer: On memes and aphorisms, fiction and facts
I don't get around much anymore. But please do not get the impression that I am married to my computer.
Maine Voices: Let the Golden Rule be the ‘reason for the season’
It's no surprise that every faith tradition encourages people to treat our neighbors as we would be treated ourselves. It's up to each of us to put it into action.