For all of us, it is vital to uphold the rule of law; for the Republicans, it is critical to resolve the issue in an election year.
Op-eds
Commentary: Urge Washington to make it easier for Mainers to heat with renewable wood pellets, chips
Do you support extending an existing federal tax credit to advanced wood heating systems? Make sure our delegation knows it.
Bill Nemitz: Democrats’ impeachment inquiry keeping Latin alive
Politics aside, the House proceedings provide a lesson in ancient semantics.
Maine Voices: Solution to school shootings must come from within each institution
Bring family and school together, so parents and students are part of the same community and young people become each other’s supporters.
Commentary: Portland needs more policies that encourage long-term neighbors
Columnist Greg Kesich should demand that the city think in terms of protecting working- and middle-class housing.
Leonard Pitts: The naked Emperor, unfortunately, is more truth than fairy tale
No ‘highly stable genius’ ever wanders around unclothed. The real scandal, apparently, is that anyone would even make such an accusation.
Maine Voices: In time of turmoil, let’s recommit to our grand democratic experiment
May we be as stalwart and smart and creative as the originators of this radical idea of government.
Commentary: Congress has an opportunity to lower drug costs – and there’s no time to waste
People who take insulin are among those hardest hit by spiraling expenses. A new medication pricing bill would help them.
Maine Voices: Domestic abuse destroys lives even when it doesn’t end them
All intimate-partner violence takes a toll. Stopping it requires seeing it for what it is.
Commentary: Constitution demands justice for all – not just for those who can pay for it
The lack of a strong, well-resourced indigent defense system in Maine leads to deeply unfair results.