You hear a lot of talk about Title 42 in connection to immigration, but the real issue isn’t about immigration. It’s politics.
Op-eds
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Commentary: 500 reasons to eliminate the income cap for Social Security taxes
Taxing income only up to $160,200 for Social Security is leaving a lot of revenue on the table.
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In unsettled times, look to Midwestern values
As a new year unfolds a potentially ominous future, recall ‘the reassuring rhythm and rituals of civic affairs.’
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Commentary: Five major political questions facing America in 2023
From the national debt and the prospect of presidential impeachment to the fate of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, there’s a lot to watch out for.
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Commentary: Bookstores are a refuge for freedom of speech while censors wage battle
If you make yourself available to the experience, a bookstore is a magical space, a site of resistance against ‘the attention economy.’
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The Maine Millennial: On proving things to myself in 2022
And setting some goals for 2023.
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Commentary: Want to modernize Maine’s vehicle inspection program? Eliminate it.
Mainers know the system is imperfect, subject to human error and the wrong incentives. Digitization won’t help.
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Jim Fossel: Chinese threat has to be countered
Past efforts at partnership and cooperation are now hard to fathom.
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A letter from the publisher: New year. More work to be done.
Dear reader, I hope you had a peaceful and relaxing holiday. At the Press Herald, we enjoyed a little downtime after another remarkable year of news coverage. We loved introducing you to a host of people you most likely would not have met, from the Cannell family, living out of a van at the Kennebunk […]
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Commentary: The rise of the left worldwide was the real story of 2022
Although the trend can be seen most clearly in Latin American countries, which have long been tormented by extremes of inequality, it is visible all over.