A vaccine-preventable disease outbreak is just the latest example of what happens when we fail to think critically.
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The View From Here: ‘I’m not a racist, but …’
What do we call someone who benefits from a system of racial preference? The AP Stylebook is not much help.
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Marc A. Thiessen: This is how bad Trump derangement syndrome has gotten
Yes, people deeply dislike the president – but why withhold a well-deserved award from his secretary of state?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Under new Russian law, critics of government are now considered criminals
All who value the free exchange of ideas should fear what this portends.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: 12-year-old journalist schools police officer on ‘that freedom-of-the-press stuff’
As the right to know falls on hard times, it’s heartening to see Hilde Kate Lysiak take a stand.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Landmark 1964 Supreme Court case protects a free press
No, Justice Thomas, this is not the time to revisit a half-century of settled law.
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Leonard Pitts: Requiem for a nation that once dared to envision the impossible
The dismissive response to the Green New Deal doesn’t jibe with our history.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Take a lesson from ex-Gov. Paul LePage’s receipts
Released two years after being requested, records show that LePage and his staff spent freely at properties owned by President Trump.
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Another View: Maine Voices columnist’s paean to Donald Trump overlooks his true loyalties
Full, unredacted fiscal disclosures would explain a lot about the president’s ties to Russia and Saudi Arabia.
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Commentary: Don’t try to muzzle tabloids
A historic early 20th-century Supreme Court ruling shows that sleazy journalism can serve the public good.