A cultural clash between white voters with and without college degrees explains a lot about the polarization of our politics.
Greg Kesich
Portland Press Herald opinion columns from Greg Kesich.
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The View From Here: Fringe theories go mainstream in GOP
Maine Republican Party leaders have been spreading the disinformation that led to the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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The View From Here: Watching democracy come unglued
The assault on the U.S. Capitol looks unpleasantly familiar to an expert in Balkan politics.
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The View From Here: Dissenting views in the mailbag
When readers don’t like what they see in the paper, they have a way of letting us know.
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The View From Here: Vaccination needs to win over skeptics
A coronavirus vaccine won’t work unless almost everyone takes it. Will they?
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The View From Here: Even with the vaccine, the message the same
We may be closer to the end of the pandemic, but we are nowhere near back to normal.
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The View From Here: Last-minute executions among Trump’s worst acts
The president’s rush to kill five convicted murderers before he leaves office degrades us all.
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The View From Here: Requiem for a record store
The announced closing of a Portland business is like the death of a long-lost friend.
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The View From Here: 2020 shows damage done by too much money in politics
The funding that’s flooding the state doesn’t make us better informed – it just makes us mad.
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The View From Here: Don’t expect much from divided government
Great achievements of the past have come when one party controls both houses of Congress and the presidency.