The waste disposal problem must be solved first.
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Opinion: Beware the protest vote bias
When you enter the voting booth on Election Day, boycotting the viable candidates isn’t going to help. Whether you like it or not, one of them is going to win.
Opinion: We’re a nation of immigrants and we’re opposed to immigrants?
When I hear politicians speaking so disparagingly about our immigrants, I want to cry. I also want to beg them to learn why so many are fleeing their home countries.
Opinion: Lawmakers must continue to prioritize public health over Big Tobacco
As the industry continues to re-create and rebrand its products to protect its bottom line, so must lawmakers work to ensure that tobacco control policies evolve at equal pace.
Opinion: Mainers should open their minds to universal voting
Universal voting dramatically and immediately increases participation; it would make our system of electoral politics more inclusive and more genuinely democratic.
Opinion: Common sense in voting has never been more critical
The priority in elections, particularly this year, should be to support candidates and party platforms that promote the basic cornerstones of a true democracy.
Opinion: Baptist, Black and voting for Harris
My vote for the vice president is not simply a matter of shared religious and racial or ethnic identity.
Opinion: Let’s vote and exercise our empathetic muscles
This presidential election is no longer about Democrats and Republicans. It is about humaneness, dignity and sanity.
Opinion: In a close race, third-party candidates can swing a presidential election
The stage is set for a repeat of George W. Bush’s narrow victory over Al Gore in 2000.
Opinion: Trump’s view of immigrants threatens Maine’s economy, communities
I wonder if Maine’s lobster boat captains, blueberry farmers or hoteliers share the former president’s brutal opinions.