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Op-eds
Commentary: Safety in our communities shouldn’t feel so tenuous
Tasked with balancing public safety against personal freedom, how often do we get it wrong?
Commentary: Courting workers in Michigan, Biden and Trump wage separate wars
In the war between labor and capital, there are no angels. There are, of course, sides.
Jim Fossel: House Republicans must end the chaos
Eight lunatics fired Speaker Kevin McCarthy for … simply doing his job.
Commentary: Maine right to repair referendum question oversteps the mark
The right to repair should be protected. We shouldn’t have to open ourselves to security risks while doing so.
The humble Farmer: Science and the art of keeping warm in an old Maine house
Watch cap? Pajamas? Long johns? Heating pad? Check, check, check, check. (And it’s only October.)
Commentary: Democrats share the blame for McCarthy’s fall
Both parties’ leaders missed a golden opportunity to reach across the aisle and save Congress and the country from dysfunction.
Commentary: How to keep school shootings from happening in Maine
Let’s put our resources into programs and policies that utilize best practices in managing possible threats.
Commentary: Maine will be a valuable partner to an independent Greenland
The world’s largest island is in the process of seceding from Denmark. Some Mainers will have front-row seats to this instructive process.
Commentary: Too much misinformation? The issue is demand, not supply
A potentially gullible person is already flooded with more lies in a single day than he or she can possibly evaluate.