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PublishedOctober 1, 2023
Our View: Clean vehicle standards will get Maine where it needs to go
Requiring electric vehicles to be sold here is a logical step toward reducing carbon emissions and building a cleaner, healthier economy.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2023
Commentary: Is it time for a federal judge to put a gag order on Donald Trump?
It’s been clear for some time that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan will jail Donald Trump for contempt or impose other severe penalties for his behavior only if he leaves her no choice. Based on the former president’s response to the Justice Department’s motion for a limited gag order in the Jan. 6 case, it […]
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2023
Commentary: Social media is just one online habit hurting teens
Last spring, my tween was begging for more independence, starting with being allowed to walk home from school alone. The mile-plus walk involves crossing a few busy streets. I was hesitant; she doesn’t have a phone, so she had no way to contact me if something went wrong. But we practiced a few times (with […]
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2023
View from Away: US Sen. Robert Menendez should resign
New Jersey’s Robert Menendez is entitled to the presumption of innocence (again). But after his latest federal indictment on bribery charges, he should not be entitled to continue to serve in the United States Senate. Menendez should resign. The cloud hanging over the Garden State’s senior senator will inevitably distract from his ability to put […]
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2023
Nedra Rhone: Manufacturers need a lesson in toxic chemicals transparency
Some American chemical companies have an important lesson to learn: It doesn’t pay to keep secrets. Earlier this month, DuPont and four other companies filed a suit to prevent The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Rome News-Tribune from obtaining certain documents. Those legal filings reveal how much the chemical companies are paying to settle a lawsuit […]
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2023
Commentary: Planned cut to VA funding for ambulances would harm our nation’s veterans
Unless stopped, the Department of Veterans Affairs is set to knock over a domino that may drastically harm veterans’ health care and then spread to the general community. In a cost-cutting measure on track to take effect early next year, the VA plans to sever a critical link between veterans and medical facilities by significantly […]
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2023
View from Away: California’s lawsuit against Big Oil could help end decades of climate lies
California’s lawsuit against some of the world’s largest oil companies is an important move by the world’s fifth-largest economy to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for decades of climate denial and deception. The suit filed last week against BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute trade group seeks to hold […]
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2023
Commentary: How Washington’s $7.5 trillion deficit spending spree is bankrupting America
Polls show that Americans are pessimistic about the economy, with inflation as the top concern. That’s understandable, but do they understand where this inflationary surge came from, and why Washington’s addiction to government spending threatens the future prosperity of the country? That may sound hyperbolic, but consider the numbers. The sum of new spending authorizations […]
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2023
Commentary: After Jann Wenner’s gaffes, rock music’s famous white men should speak up
When Tina Turner died in May, the podcast “Rolling Stone Music Now” paid tribute, calling her “one of the greatest rock and soul singers who ever lived.” The publication’s admiration is not recent. Although John Lennon was the first cover boy, Turner was placed on the cover for the magazine’s second issue ever in 1967 […]
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Tom Waddell: Far right spreads fear about transgender athletes
To keep their base angry, Christian nationalists have invented a new bogeyman.
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