Our View: What happens when we can’t agree on facts

Opinion matters more than the truth, and President Donald Trump is exploiting it.

Our View: Work requirement no way to fight hunger

Maine's experience fighting hunger shows that employment alone is not enough.

View from Away: Fix the unfair trade-war farm bailouts

The Seattle Times

Our View: New distracted driving law needs time to work

The law will ultimately be judged on whether it reduces accidents.

Our View: Deaths of working-age people are a public health crisis

Suicide, overdose, alcoholism and obesity are among the preventable causes of death that are lowering life expectancy in Maine.

Commentary: ‘Medicare for All’ won’t fix soaring health care costs

Our View: Land and Water Conservation Fund needs protecting

The federal program has purchased thousands of acres of land and supported more than 41,000 state and local park projects.

Our View: Workers hurt by health care cost shifts

As the government, hospitals and insurance companies pass on costs, employees get stuck with the bill.

View from Away: Speaker Pelosi, replace NAFTA with USMCA

Our View: Don’t discount human cost of retail industry

Black Friday is tough on retail workers, but the rest of the year is not so great either.