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Published
January 9, 2022

Another View: Fossel ignores reality in Biden column

It’s not the president who has failed to deliver unity, but congressional Republicans who fear Trump’s wrath.
Published
January 9, 2022

The View From Here: From hating Democrats to hating democracy

Maine Republicans were spreading the 'Big Lie' long before Donald Trump appeared on the scene.
Published
October 24, 2021

Commentary: He spoke truth to democracy’s real power – you

Unlike today’s Washington Republican elites, Colin Powell had the guts to tell the American public what was self-evident.
Published
October 19, 2021

Commentary: Healthy democracies can’t discriminate against independent candidates, voters

Make primaries nonpartisan; standardize ballot and financing rules, and include all general election candidates in public debates.
Published
October 2, 2021

Commentary: Don’t be afraid of the election audits – they may be our only ticket out of this mess

Trump’s ‘big lie’ undermines democracy and will hurt Republicans more than Democrats.
Published
September 14, 2021

Commentary: Texas upends the Republican ‘leave us alone coalition’

The state’s restrictive abortion law threatens to destroy an uneasy truce among several factions of the conservative movement.
Published
September 12, 2021

Jim Fossel: Republicans should be the party of local control

But the party of small government is all too willing to interfere on the municipal level when it’s in their interest.
Published
September 10, 2021

As deadline nears, panel provides no details for redrawing Maine’s voting districts

The special legislative commission had little for the public to weigh in on Friday when it held its first public hearing on the redistricting.
Published
September 10, 2021

Republican group held ‘war games’ for state attorneys general before Trump loss

An offshoot of the Republican Attorneys General Association held a special meeting weeks before the election to discuss its strategies if then-President Donald Trump lost.
Published
September 3, 2021

Seeing danger, some Republicans leery of Texas abortion law

Their mixed reactions illustrate the political risks for the Republican Party as their anti-abortion allies begin actually achieving goals they have long sought.