Given the extraordinary intensity and duration of Israel’s campaign in Gaza, it is worth asking whether more is driving this response than the familiar structural explanations: internal political pressures, regional and geopolitical calculations, the asymmetries of modern warfare, and the undeniable brutality of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. These factors matter. Yet they do […]
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Preserving the Department of Education’s authority is essential | Letter
On Nov. 29, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) turned 50. For half a century, it has guaranteed progress and opportunity for students with disabilities. Yet recent federal actions threaten to unravel those protections. Special education must remain within the Department of Education, not shifted to the Department of Health and Human Services. Learning […]
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Rick Bennett is the best choice for Maine’s next governor | Letter
Bennett can see through the two-party haze. That’s rare.
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Graham Platner delivers clear intent | Letter
The Democratic Senate candidate tells us what he thinks rather than what he presumes we want him to say. That deserves respect.
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Department of Defense name change is no coincidence | Letter
It is no small irony that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth changed the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Our peacetime military is a wartime military. This allows them to be aggressive vs. being passive. It gives them cover to be warring against anyone that they choose. For example, they attacked […]
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Trump gets richer, we get poorer | Letter
Does it make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside that, since returning to office, our president has added $3 billion to his wealth? And that 10 of the richest Americans have made over $700 billion? Yeah, he really cares about us — those who need SNAP, those who need affordable medical insurance, those who […]
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Other motives are behind Gardiner schools uproar | Letter
Culture war issues continue to be used to divert our attention from the economic forces at the heart of the country’s turmoil. The excellent piece regarding the Gardiner School District uproar over a proposed school-based health clinic that would serve basic heath needs of children without access to care left me wondering why Leonard Leo and other wealthy contributors […]
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Be angry at Angus King if you want, but don’t let Republicans off the hook | Letter
I can only imagine how hard it was for Sen. Angus King and the other senators to decide to end the government shutdown. They gave up the chance to restore some of the budget cuts in order to end the very real suffering of unpaid federal workers and people depending on SNAP. I can understand […]
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Work to help Mainers in need was not on GOP menu | Letter
During our nation’s recent government shutdown, over 170,000 Mainers were at risk of losing SNAP funds to put food on their tables. Not only were they close to losing needed food, they also struggled emotionally and mentally about how to feed their families, including children. During this looming food crisis, several Maine lawmakers and advocates […]