Neil Berry: Pandemic precautions don’t supersede Constitution

By birth I am a citizen of the United States of America. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states in part, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, […]

Dale Crafts: PRO Act is bad for Maine workers, infringes on privacy rights

The legislation would fundamentally overhaul our country’s labor laws with potentially catastrophic consequences that would infringe on employees’ privacy rights, force small businesses to close permanently and lead to significant job loss.

Cartoon for Friday, April 23

Sidney Pew: Support tax haven abuse prevention act

On April 15 testimony was heard before the Taxation Committee in support of L.D. 428, an Act to Prevent Tax Haven Abuse. This act would hold corporations accountable to pay taxes on all the profits from income generated in Maine. The corporations have used these havens to help them avoid paying their fair share of […]

Austin Bay: Russian and Chinese shows of force confront Biden Administration

Russia and China are conducting multiple probing operations intended to test President Biden’s administration as a whole and, to be frank, directly target Joe Biden as the septuagenarian human being who ostensibly leads what China’s communist propagandists ritually deride as the U.S.-led “Liberal International Order” but recently scorned as “U.S.-led anti-China cliques.”

Cartoon for Thursday, April 22

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Real justice shouldn’t be this difficult

In a nation that was not broken along seams of race, a nation where you could trust the police to actually protect and serve no matter the color of your skin, Chauvin’s conviction would have been a foregone conclusion. But in this nation, it was anything but. That’s why I forgot to breathe. And why, after the verdict, what I felt was less exultation than simply relief.

Tobie Akerley Gordon: Maine needs to open its primaries

I write today in support of LD 231, “An Act to Establish Open Primaries.” Like so many Mainers, I consider myself an independent thinker. That is why I have chosen to remain a registered independent all these years. I have voted for independents, Democrats, and Republicans throughout the years. I believe that being an unenrolled […]

Larry Gilbert Sr.: Delahanty brothers ‘a couple of great guys’

I feel a great sense of loss as a result of the recent deaths of two brothers, John and Tom Delahanty. I got to know John in the halls of the State House in Augusta, where I would often see him there as a lawyer and lobbyist. They both had that Delahanty look of their […]

Cal Thomas: Another mass shooting

We live in a violent culture that does not honor the sacredness of human life. From abortion to shootings in the streets of our major cities, life has become cheap and easily disposable.