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Doug Rooks

Published
July 28, 2022

Douglas Rooks: Is UMaine chancellor living on borrowed time?

Dannel Malloy is accountable for the debacle at UMA, but he's had some considerable accomplishments, too.
Published
July 21, 2022

Douglas Rooks: ‘Great New Hampshire tax myth’ just that

There's no proof that the lack of income tax gives the Granite State any advantage.
Published
July 14, 2022

Douglas Rooks: Tribes have waited too long for governors’ respect

There should be no more pressing matter if Gov. Mills wins her second term.
Published
July 7, 2022

Douglas Rooks: One way or another, Supreme Court must change direction

Five justices are changing the country against the wishes of a majority of the people.
Published
June 30, 2022

Douglas Rooks: Supreme Court lays down the gauntlet

Recent decisions are among the worst ever handed down. And it's only a start.

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Published
June 23, 2022

Douglas Rooks: Religion’s ‘free exercise’ could boomerang in Maine, nation

Lines between public and private have blurred and the Supreme Court seems intent on blurring them further, Douglas Rooks writes.
Published
June 16, 2022

Douglas Rooks: Rep. Golden gets it wrong on guns

Golden contends that, because 18-year-olds can serve in the military, their off-duty gun purchases should remain unrestricted.
Published
June 9, 2022

Douglas Rooks: The power of primaries has waned, but they’re still essential

Primary results once told volumes about what voters were thinking.
Published
June 2, 2022

Douglas Rooks: Land conservation not the be-all and end-all

Land protection is an important value, but not the only one of interest to today’s Mainers, and those of the future.
Published
April 21, 2022

Douglas Rooks: Will the ‘force of memory’ prevail?

Recalling George Mitchell's imperative that "all democratic people know that it is the force of memory which keeps alive the force of freedom in the world," Douglas Rooks ponders the implications of Russia's war against Ukraine and the testing of the democratic alliances.