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Columns

Published
February 8, 2015

Barney Frank: Balancing the need for protection versus human rights

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a three-part essay on the government’s use of force. The subsequent parts will be published over the next two Sundays. Two of our most contentious national debates have more in common than is generally recognized. Both the angry controversy over the CIA’s interrogation methods and the bitter […]
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February 8, 2015

In search of a budget compromise

Ethan: The governor must have felt very lonely during his State of the State on Tuesday. Republicans simply sat on their hands, especially when he talked about his tax reform proposal. Phil: Likewise, if John Baldacci had called for broadening and raising the sales tax in order to export our burden to tourists and reduce […]
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February 8, 2015

Maine Observer: Aging ballerina grateful for chance to dance

An adult ballet class enables middle-aged women – and a few men – to perform for an imaginary audience of royalty.
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February 8, 2015

Michael Cuzzi: Gov. LePage should play it straight with Maine’s taxpayers

Voters deserve a candid, honest discussion about proposed tax policy changes and trade-offs.
Published
February 8, 2015

Maine Voices: Tax credit helps to fight poverty

Too many families in Maine are ill-prepared for their next financial crisis. The Earned Income Tax Credit can help.

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Published
February 7, 2015

Jonah Goldberg: Obama’s comparison of radical Islam to Christianity defies logic

Jihadists – not Christians – have shown that they're capable of medieval barbarism in 2015.
Published
February 7, 2015

Mike Tipping: LePage-authorized Alexander Report was a complete con job, new numbers show

The saga would be almost comical if the study weren't still being used to justify denying health benefits to needy Mainers.
Published
February 7, 2015

Maine Voices: UNE making strides in understanding chronic pain

Grateful to be taken seriously at last, chronic pain sufferers are glad to participate in the research.
Published
February 6, 2015

Maine Voices: Story of our culture’s devotion to caffeine told through roadside litter

The empty soda cans, tea bottles, coffee cups and energy drinks suggest our lives depend on the drug.
Published
February 6, 2015

Charles Krauthammer: Islamic State’s barbarism threatens to destabilize Jordan

The savage execution of a captured Jordanian pilot will draw Jordan deeply into the Mideast conflict.