Even in ‘odd’ years, powerful political forces drive elected officials away from common ground.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Why make anyone register for the military draft?
Progress isn’t adding women to what may be an obsolete system.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mainers should know how the Pentagon is spending their tax dollars
Sen. Angus King should keep up the pressure to address inconsistencies revealed by the agency’s first-ever audit.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Putin warns U.S. against deploying new missiles in Europe
The Russian president threatens retaliation and accuses the U.S. of bad faith in abandoning a 1987 arms accord.
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump orders Pentagon to plan for new Space Force
It would be part of the Air Force, not the separate military service he originally envisioned.
Posted inNation & World
Trump plans to get wall funding by scrapping some military projects
The president intends to draw $3.6 billion from military construction funds and $2.5 billion from a military drug interdiction program to help build 234 miles of new barriers along the border.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Why do conservatives overlook Trump’s faults? He fights
Not since Ronald Reagan have conservatives had a president who sings the song of God and country – and stands up for both.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Defeating ISIS will take much more than a tweet
Until we address the conditions that give rise to extremism, the wars will keep going.
Posted inNation & World
‘Decisive’ battle begins against Islamic State
U.S.-led coalition warplanes are giving cover to the advancing fighters.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Marc A. Thiessen: United States can’t stop fighting terrorists in Afghanistan, Syria now
Great nations do not quit before they prevail – our enemies certainly won’t.