If gun violence had a simple answer, we would have solved it already.
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Noah Feldman: Supreme Court buries the fantasy of keeping Trump off the ballot
The Supreme Court has unanimously concluded that Colorado can’t keep Donald Trump off the ballot. Section 3 of the 14th amendment, which says that a former officeholder who becomes an insurrectionist can’t hold federal office, won’t save us from a potential second Trump presidency. The court correctly rejected what I would call the National Treasure […]
Opinion: Children should not be languishing in hospital emergency rooms
Last year, 345 vulnerable children and teens spent more than 48 hours in MaineHealth’s ERs awaiting discharge to appropriate behavioral health services. It’s just not good enough.
Commentary: Without even ruling on Trump’s immunity claim, the Supreme Court handed him a huge victory
Given the Supreme Court’s possible responses to Donald Trump’s appeal of the D.C. Circuit’s denial of his claim of immunity from prosecution, the justices’ decision Wednesday has to be counted as a gift to the former president. That’s because the court came through for him on the most important axis: time. The court’s fairly Delphic […]
Maine Compass: When our immigrants thrive, so does our state
A bill before the Legislature draws on ideas from both sides of the aisle to help help immigrants and grow our workforce.
Douglas Rooks: Rep. Golden confronts Gov. Mills on guns
The Lewiston shooting was a wake-up call that Maine policymakers cannot afford to ignore.
Maine Compass: Maine students miss too much school. What can be done?
As school districts and communities, we need to let every student know we support them.
Tom Waddell: Maine should not send public funds to private Christian schools
Public money should not go to organizations that want to destroy public schools.
Opinion: Department of Marine Resources must make fishery safer for whales
Where there is overlap of fishing gear and whale habitat use, there is risk of entanglement.
Commentary: You need to know what Trump is saying at his rallies
A majority, I think (hope?), would come away without a doubt about which of the two candidates is unhinged. Hint: It isn’t Biden.