Columns
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PublishedApril 29, 2015
Maine Voices: Maine should increase Earned Income Tax Credit and make it refundable
The tax credit rewards work, reduces poverty and keeps money in local communities.
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PublishedApril 29, 2015
Greg Kesich: Stage play, real life demonstrate strength of unionized workers
Workers who stand up for other workers become part of something bigger than themselves.
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PublishedApril 28, 2015
Kathleen Parker: Mr. Hughes goes to Washington, where money always finds a way
Today's salient political adage goes like this: Behind every successful politician is a billionaire.
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PublishedApril 28, 2015
Commentary: Gov. LePage is taking Maine in the right direction by backing nuclear energy
Nuclear remains the safest large-volume source of emission-free power, despite what alarmists say.
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PublishedApril 28, 2015
Maine Voices: LePage’s proposed cuts to MaineCare costly for patients and society
The changes would weaken the primary care system in Maine and allow the mentally ill to deteriorate.
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PublishedApril 27, 2015
Maine Voices: Smarter Balanced test useless, even harmful, to kids with disabilities
Maine should work with teachers and parents to create a fair, helpful way of gauging student progress.
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PublishedApril 26, 2015
Eliminating income tax the best – or worst – thing for Maine
Phil: Did you feel that rumble? Ethan: No. Phil: It was like an earthquake. The ground shook. Ethan: I missed it. When did it happen? Phil: On Tuesday when the governor proposed eliminating the biggest job-crushing, out-migration-creating, wealth-killing law in Maine. Ethan: He proposed repealing NAFTA? Phil: No, he proposed a constitutional amendment to eliminate […]
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PublishedApril 26, 2015
Barney Frank: Netanyahu’s approach is misguided
One important aspect of the Iranian nuclear agreement is the serious issue that it raises between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is, of course, not the only disagreement that recently has arisen between them. Serious problems began with the prime minister’s inappropriate decision to accept the hyper partisan invitation from House […]
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PublishedApril 26, 2015
Maine Observer: A time to burn the fuel for inner grace
Setting fat folders of old papers alight becomes a cleansing ritual and occasion for insight.
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PublishedApril 26, 2015
Maine Voices: LePage action abrupt, hurtful to tribes
The governor's recission of the 2011 executive order that had put the state and Maine's tribes on equal footing is disturbing.
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