When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent public money to fly about 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the ostensible point — besides trolling and publicity, of course — was to show that immigrants are a burden on red-state resources. But his stunt reveals a political and cultural corruption far deeper […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Douglas Rooks: Post-pandemic, unions again on the march
Less than a month after a decertification effort failed spectacularly, the nurses’ union at Maine Medical Center signed its first contract — a historic achievement, possibly a milestone in reviving the union movement. As just about everyone knows, unions, until the pandemic, had been declining for decades, with their private sector membership a third of […]
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Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders
Hospital violence, in Maine as elsewhere, can be traced right back to a federal law from 1965.
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Commentary: Parents shaped COVID-19 policies more than politics
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
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Maine Voices: An invitation to step off the trail and sit on the Earth itself
Being alone in nature, in silence, is far from weird. It’s wonderful.
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Commentary: Public-private partnership can pave way to hunger-free Maine
A unique collaboration spurred by the pandemic led to our state’s lowest food insecurity rates in nearly 20 years. We need more of the same.
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Jonathan Bernstein: US political dynasties are in decline. That’s something to celebrate
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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The Maine Millennial: What if we had a monarch of our own?
A head of state, as opposed to a head of government, could be a useful outlet for a variety of energies.
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Jim Fossel: On Sara Gideon and lighting a pile of cash on fire
The most expensive political campaign in Maine history could haunt the Democrats yet.
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Commentary: What more can our lobstermen do than all they have been asked?
The recent ‘redlisting’ ignores that, for 25 years, Maine lobstermen have been playing by the rules – and those rules have worked.