His remark about drug dealers often impregnating ‘a young white girl before they leave’ portrays the state as a backwater of ignorance and intolerance.
Bill Nemitz
Portland Press Herald opinion columns from Bill Nemitz.
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Bill Nemitz: Out of the spotlight, DHHS cuts away at humane care
Families speak out against proposed changes that would drastically reduce the amount of help their children with severe disabilities get.
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Bill Nemitz: A Maine soldier who died in World War II is cared for, an ocean away
A Dutch couple yearned to know more about the soldier whose gravesite they adopted. This is the story of their ‘amazing gift.’
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Bill Nemitz: Indifference over deaths of homeless unacceptable
Portland has lost a record 43 people this year, but there aren’t enough voices demanding an end to the avoidable suffering.
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Bill Nemitz: Anti-Muslim talk in Maine coming from the clueless
Two state legislators and others like them could unwittingly serve as recruiters for the terrorists they condemn.
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Bill Nemitz: As shootings grow routine, so do fear and questioning
Many live with anxiety over the potential for mass murder where we live and want to limit the weapons that make it so possible.
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Bill Nemitz: Right-wing Maine must have some wires loose
Leave it to the Maine Heritage Policy Center to see a Trump-Clinton plot.
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Bill Nemitz: As GOP field bashes Syrians, LePage seems almost sane
The stance of the political right is so wrong that our governor’s comments are tame in comparison.
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Bill Nemitz: LePage’s silence says it all about wimping out
The governor won’t man up about his Good Will-Hinckley shenanigans.
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Bill Nemitz: Why LePage’s drug war is hopeless
Scarborough’s Operation Hope is proof positive that effective law enforcement means more than just rounding up the dealers.