America is paying the price for the network’s assault on intellectual honesty.
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Opinion: Connections often pop up where we least expect them
For me, they’ve lately been spurred by a vintage doll, a one-eyed cat and friendly voice in the supermarket aisle.
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Opinion: Health care spending is sinking the federal budget
I haven’t been able to find anything that reveals quite as much about the current predicament as simply separating health spending from everything else.
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Opinion: Zionists have hijacked the Holocaust to justify crimes
Portland and Belfast city councilors deserve support and admiration for taking a stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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Opinion: To appoint Hegseth would be a grave dereliction of duty
Republican senators need to put country over party.
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Opinion: To be truly open, more reform of Maine primaries is needed
The state has already taken important steps forward in making everyone’s vote meaningful. Making its primaries nonpartisan is a logical next step.
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Jim Fossel: Biden’s selfish mistake could have far-reaching consequences
The fallout from the president’s pardon of his son Hunter isn’t going to go away as soon as he leaves office.
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The Maine Millennial: In praise of a big, happy, medicated pet family
Putting my dog Janey on Xanax brought much-needed tranquility to my household.
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Opinion: The American dream of bringing the mall home
I want to deride this impulse as isolationist, a symptom of everything that’s wrong with America, but also, I get it.
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Lisa M. DeSisto: I’ll never stop cheering for journalism in Maine
I’m stepping down from my position knowing this organization’s leadership team is as strong as it has ever been.