Friday, August 25, 2017

Trump continues campaigning; only Congress can save his presidency

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The government seems to be operating without a president. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican like President Trump, ques...
Friday, August 18, 2017

GOP conservatives forced to confront Trump’s “base”

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The white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. provides strong evidence of the widening division in American politics. Presiden...
Friday, August 11, 2017

Electric bills hide costly government policies

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Electric bills hide turmoil in the electric industry. Some recent events illustrate the point. The Maine Legislature sustained Gov....
Friday, August 4, 2017

One party control is not working

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Political battles in Washington reveal the sad state of governing. Traditional pragmatism has been replaced by strict partisanship. ...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Phony federalism: On health care, GOP leaves dirty work to states

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Republican congressional leaders have offered health insurance solutions based on phony federalism. In Maine, Gov. LePage and Sen. C...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Media in crossfire: Fact checking vs. fake news

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The U.S. is deeply divided about public policy and society’s values. The media, the supposedly neutral chronicler of events, is caught...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Trump: West's survival threatened by radical Islam, Russia, paperwork

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“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.” Those were the weighty words of President Trum...