Columns

Published
September 9, 2015

Maine Voices: Family Crisis Services Elder Program aims to enhance victim safety

The agency receives a grant that will build on work already being done to support the survivors of elder abuse.
Published
September 8, 2015

Commentary: Broader American interests in the Arctic seem in deep-freeze

The Senate's refusal to ratify the U.N Convention on the Law of the Sea reduces U.S. credibility in the Arctic.
Published
September 8, 2015

Kathleen Parker: Trump should bite his tongue over English-only posturing

Although language can divide a nation, it's ridiculous to insist that only English can be spoken.
Published
September 8, 2015

Maine Voices: Zealous historic preservation risks locking Portland in the past

Not every old building is historically significant, and historic districts have limits to their effectiveness.
Published
September 7, 2015

Maine Voices: Early 20th-century Maine workers would have understood Bernie Sanders

The socialist candidate's voice of reform mirrors a social reconstruction movement in 1901.

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Published
September 6, 2015

Barney Frank: Email issue lingers, but it will fade

This Clinton nonissue will ultimately play no role in the presidential election.
Published
September 6, 2015

Maine Observer: Mom foiled by the stuff of children’s dreams

Your nest is never really empty if you're tending the detritus of your kids' many moves.
Published
September 6, 2015

Maine Voices: A daughter’s death demands gun-sales change

Background checks are quick and easy; expanding them to private sales in Maine will save lives.
Published
September 5, 2015

Mike Tipping: Size of gap between Brennan, Strimling surprise as Portland mayoral race starts

One of the reasons the incumbent is lagging is that he's failed to capitalize on his victories.
Published
September 5, 2015

Jonah Goldberg: To liberals, changing the Constitution is outrageous only when a Republican does it

In the latest example, Democrats unleash a wave of mortified rhetoric about overturning the guarantee of birthright citizenship.