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Columns

Published
December 29, 2014

Maine Voices: Race is vastly overstated as a factor in police decisions to use force

We should scrutinize and learn from tragedies and also address issues of citizen responsibility.
Published
December 28, 2014

Barney Frank: President’s use of military force needs limits

Senate Democrats are correct in voting for restrictions on ground troops.
Published
December 28, 2014

Strimling and Harriman offer resolutions for their favorite politicians

These ideas might make 2015 a better year for Maine.
Published
December 28, 2014

Maine Voices: The arts need new benefactors

Corporate ‘persons’ should fill the role played by the Medici and Rockefeller families in earlier eras.
Published
December 28, 2014

Push to increase immigrants’ rights should include vote for noncitizens

When government needs 'the consent of the governed,' allowing all to vote only makes sense.

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Published
December 27, 2014

Mike Tipping: The year was one of social gains and losses in economic equality

Progress was made on gender and race issues, but the wealth gap grew as public assistance fell.
Published
December 27, 2014

Maine Voices: State university system hurt by leaders unwilling to do the right thing

Administrators instead are prepared to pursue the path of self-preservation – sacrificing the faculty.
Published
December 26, 2014

M.D. Harmon: Sowing hatred of police comes back to hurt minority communities

Demagogues may be worsening the alienation of big-city officers and the populations they serve.
Published
December 26, 2014

Commentary: Real immigration reform would render needless Obama’s executive orders

Rather than staging political theater, Republicans should get on board.
Published
December 26, 2014

Maine Voices: Lynx deaths ensnare federal regulators in trap of their own making

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has put the threatened species at severe additional risk.