Friday, August 30, 2019

Growing gaps in wealth, age raise long-term economic threat

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Gordon L. Weil How do you picture the typical American of the future? A prosperous tech specialist, assured of a challenging and well-paid ...
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Friday, August 23, 2019

States use courts to override president, Congress

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Gordon L. Weil  Last we ek, Maine joined other states in two federal court cases seeking to overturn Trump Administration moves. By now, ...
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Friday, August 16, 2019

'Invasion' claim based on belief that immigrants would 'replace' Americans

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Gordon L. Weil Is America facing an invasion? The right-wing forces in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 thought so. The El Paso shooter...
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Friday, August 9, 2019

Congress should recapture the powers it gave to president

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Gordon L. Weil Last week, a Washington Post editorial cartoon showed an elderly couple celebrating a man's birthday. Nice. His name is ...
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Friday, August 2, 2019

'One person, one vote' can't happen in presidential elections

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Gordon L. Weil In a presidential election, should a vote in Brunswick, Biddeford or Bangor, Maine, carry less than half the weight of a vote...
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Friday, July 26, 2019

Simple Senate reform can end McConnell's dictatorship

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Gordon L. Weil Note: This is the second of a series on how to reform the federal government without amending the Constitution. ...
Friday, July 19, 2019

U.S. House of Representatives should be enlarged

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Gordon L. Weil There was once a legislative district shaped like a salamander. Its creator was a man named Gerry and making more weirdly sh...