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PublishedJune 8, 2023
Our View: Maine families need lawmakers to support child care industry
A new report shows that most Mainers have trouble finding affordable, high-quality child care. It’s hurting everyone.
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PublishedJune 7, 2023
Commentary: Biden, Feinstein, Trump — how do we know when our leaders are too old?
In politics, as in life, it’s all too easy to write off old people, especially when they are frail or disabled. President Joe Biden’s fall on stage during the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony on Thursday immediately raised questions of fitness. Even I, a geriatrician and anti-ageism advocate, looked at Dianne Feinstein’s recent return to […]
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PublishedJune 6, 2023
Martin Schram: The making of MAGA
Today we will be exploring why Donald Trump’s little-understood MAGA Republican base has seemed so stunningly shatterproof – despite being pounded by nonstop news revelations of potential prosecutions, more unsavory conduct and eruptions that sound unpatriotic to outsiders’ ears. Now this: The 2024 presidential campaign attacks are just getting started. Former Trump endorsers are now […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2023
View from Away: Protecting vital US wetlands must remain a federal priority
Back in the 1970s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed an enormous functioning hydraulic model of the Chesapeake Bay. Although long ago replaced by much more accurate computer simulations, there was one extremely valuable lesson passed along to the busloads of schoolchildren who would visit the 14.5-acre indoor facility on Kent Island: How shallow […]
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PublishedJune 5, 2023
Commentary: Congress should freeze Pentagon spending
The debt ceiling deal reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has now been passed into law, and the winner is – the Pentagon! While the rest of the federal discretionary budget is slated to be frozen at roughly this year’s level, the Pentagon and related spending on nuclear weapons at the […]
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PublishedJune 4, 2023
Hilary Koch: Hats off to the parents
With graduation season upon us, let’s honor Mama Bears and Hot Messes.
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PublishedJune 4, 2023
Our View: Pride Month arrives amid coordinated attack on LGBTQ Americans
As it tries to roll back civil rights and freedoms, the Republican Party is now almost wholly focused on smearing the LGBTQ community.
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PublishedJune 3, 2023
Commentary: Title 42 is done. Is the US ready to get serious about managing migration at the border?
U.S. border policy is stuck in the past. The expiration of Title 42 gives the U.S. government another chance to effectively manage migration and border security, but it will be successful only if it addresses the reality of Western Hemisphere migration. Our deterrence policies and enforcement infrastructure were built decades ago for single adult men […]
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Commentary: High-speed rail can curb America’s summer travel woes
The summer travel season that gets underway Memorial Day weekend promises to be one of the most challenging ever. As transportation patterns return to pre-pandemic levels, millions of Americans will face the familiar miles-long traffic jams and labyrinthine airport security lines. Following last summer’s chaos in the skies, with nearly 45,000 flights canceled and over […]
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Our View: Fulfilling our responsibility to those who died for our rights
Memorial Day is an opportunity every year to remember the sacrifice so many have made in the name of the freedom we all enjoy. The parades. The speeches. The flags on poles down Main Street, and placed at every veteran’s grave. It’s all so that we don’t forget that winning and defending our rights under […]
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