Maine is unique, both with our overall demographics and with our high number of small businesses and self-employed entrepreneurs. I’ve spent my career working with entrepreneurs, helping them hone their interests and passions into business plans, gain financial literacy and launch successful businesses. Anyone who runs their own business will share with you the joy […]
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Dick Polman: Electing judges is sleaze incarnate
You may not be aware the most important election of 2023 will take place on April 4 in the hotly competitive swing state of Wisconsin. A primary earlier this week produced two finalists: liberal Janet Protasiewicz and conservative Daniel Kelly. Donors pumped roughly $9 million into the primary, and the spring showdown will put that […]
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Elwood Watson: Depression and the expectations of men
John Fetterman’s announcement that he has checked himself into a hospital was met with bipartisan praise. Far right politicians from Texas senator Ted Cruz to fellow Pennsylvania centrist representative, Susan Wild, to New York left wing congressmen Richie Torres lavished support on the senator for publicly disclosing and confronting his illness. Reaction to Fetterman’s predicament […]
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Rep. Allison Hepler: More and better data can protect lobstering and right whales
The word “reprieve” is being used to describe the late-December federal action that produced a 6-year delay in implementing federal whale rules, as well as new funding for research and gear innovations in the lobster fishery. A reprieve is welcome, but it does not mean that the industry can step back and go about business […]
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Commentary: ‘I never asked to join this club,’ says Jennifer Siebel Newsom after Weinstein sentencing
The filmmaker and California governor’s wife, who has accused the ex-mogul of rape, released a video Thursday referring to herself as a repeat trauma survivor. Now victims of sexual violence have a new ally.
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Maine Voices: Pitchers and catchers report
A non-fan tries to introduce his son to the wide world of sports via the town baseball clinic. Things almost immediately don’t go as planned.
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Our View: If only a constitutional housing provision could provide homes
A spiritual gesture is no match for Maine’s material crisis. Plus: Why UMaine must proceed cautiously with remote learning.
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Commentary: Some surprising findings about misinformation and content moderation
Crowdsourcing fact-checks works. Suspending accounts does not.
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Another View: What exactly does it take to be president?
If you’ve got it, we want documentation.
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The Conversation: The looming stalemate in Ukraine one year after the Russian invasion
THE CONVERSATION — Most military analysts expected Ukraine to fall within days when Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. Yet one year into the war, Ukrainians have put up a fight and demonstrated remarkable resolve against a powerful military. In fact, some of those military analysts, including former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, have begun […]