The Fed is showing that it’s willing to go to great lengths to mitigate COVID-19’s impact.
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Commentary: A virus is raging. The economy is in free fall. Why Trump’s approval rating has gone up
The surge can be attributed to bipartisan support for the president’s crisis management – but it has been relatively small, and it probably won’t last long.
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Commentary: Coronavirus may become this century’s Second World War
The people who endured the Great Depression and ‘the War’ have some lessons to share with us.
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Green Plate Special: The fate of wild salmon may point to the fate of the planet
And if history is any guide, we should be worried, writer Mark Kurlansky argued on a recent visit to Maine to promote his new book.
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The Maine Millennial: Hand-washing, social distancing are our ‘home front’ sacrifices
We will find out if we can pull together the way our forebears once did.
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Colony, Chapter II: Rivalry
An acrimonious relationship develops between Maine and Massachusetts.
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Colony, Chapter I: Dawnland
Maine’s path to statehood began long before you think it did.
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Maine Compass: Tipping point on climate action likely to be later rather than sooner
History shows that in most cases, a destructive human activity is halted only after great harm has already been done.
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Commentary: On Prohibition’s centennial, should we expect same trajectory for cannabis?
If the history of alcohol regulation is any guide, backers of federal pot legalization should persuade our leaders of the potential tax windfall.
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Jim Fossel: Partisanship is the whole point of impeachment
As we head toward a Senate trial, neither party has grounds to express shock at how biased the process has become.