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Leonard Pitts: Historian calls 2017 politically tame, but what about the war on our ideals?

by Leonard Pitts January 3, 2018January 3, 2018

It’s scary that it’s now the norm for a president to lie with impunity, attack the FBI and CIA, bully the media and threaten nuclear war on Twitter.

by Dave Olsen Special to the Press Herald January 3, 2018January 2, 2018

The seaweed is a sustainable, underdeveloped coastal industry that belongs in the public trust.

by Christopher Dale Tribune News Service December 27, 2017December 26, 2017

America must prioritize civics education to help us keep our leaders accountable.

Even if one believes all the women who have come forward thus far, a lawmaker’s suicide shows there’s room for self-doubt in our rush to judgment.

by Los Angeles Times December 18, 2017December 17, 2017

Journalism is one of the institutions that try to hold the powerful accountable, and it is under attack.

by The Editorial Board December 4, 2017December 3, 2017

Don’t dismantle Obama-era rules that stop virtual monopolies from controlling information.

by George Will The Washington Post December 1, 2017November 30, 2017

The justices should order the federal government to stop telling the states what laws they cannot change.

by The Editorial Board November 16, 2017November 15, 2017

Maine’s Susan Collins and other Republican senators have a duty to stand up for a conscientious, competent and ethical judiciary.

by Jonathan Wood and Tate Watkins Special to the Press Herald November 16, 2017November 15, 2017

If landowners have clear rights to rockweed, they’ll have incentive to preserve it.

by Nancy Murdock Special to the Press Herald November 13, 2017November 14, 2017

Efforts are underway once again to bring the Equal Rights Amendment to the attention of the public.