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Portland Press Herald opinion columns from Bill Nemitz.
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Opinion podcast: Sportsmanship personified, election fraud, and cell phones in your car
Columnists Bill Nemitz and Cynthia Dill sit down with social media editor Jim Patrick to discuss the stories behind the past week’s big headlines.
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Bill Nemitz: Maine’s elections chief sees no monsters under the bed
Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says being on a national panel looking into voter fraud lets him speak up for integrity.
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Bill Nemitz: Strimling as the victim? It just doesn’t play in Portland
Monday night’s attempt to heal a rift between the mayor and the city manager leaves everyone befuddled and nothing changed.
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Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins’ courage isn’t just a talking point
But Mainers should never tire of hearing how she stood up to her party.
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Bill Nemitz: Bad call by LePage on cellphones, driving
Common sense says the two don’t mix, but tell that to the governor.
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Bill Nemitz: Chesterville couple get new home built on community action
Like many older residents of rural Maine, their housing had become substandard and seeking help did not come easily.
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Bill Nemitz: Anti-vaccine movement’s disregard for reality poses a threat for all of us
A small but growing number of parents think inoculations carry risks, but the biggest risk for their kids – and the rest of us – is not getting vaccinated at all.
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Bill Nemitz: Maine singers’ refrain sends message of finding home
A girls chorus made up almost entirely of refugee immigrants is representing Maine at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this weekend.
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Bill Nemitz: LePage drives Maine toward irrational day of reckoning
The governor appears to relish the idea of a government shutdown for its own sake, regardless of the harm it would do to his constituents.