Chris Caiazzo: No plan means Pine Tree Power could hurt Maine people

Columns & Analysis

Published
July 23, 2023

Chris Caiazzo: No plan means Pine Tree Power could hurt Maine people

Just like a bank would want to see a business plan before approving a loan, or a contractor would want to see a plan before building a home, we should demand to see a plan before we make the choice to support or oppose Pine Tree Power.
Published
July 22, 2023

Froma Harrop: Hollywood strikers need to worry about bad actors

The screenwriters really do have a case to make. May they get as good at managing their image as they are at constructing narrative arcs.
Published
July 22, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: A path to even better affirmative action

The issue seems thorny, but some fixes are dizzyingly easy. To wit. End legacy admissions. Consider an applicant’s personal narrative. Toughen up academic standards.
Published
July 21, 2023

Clarence Page: The defense bill is no longer a no-brainer as Speaker McCarthy gives in to far-right faction

The bill faced a far-right faction in the House that forced Speaker Kevin McCarthy to reluctantly open up the legislation to controversial social policy provisions. Such provisions have little chance of surviving in the Democratic-controlled Senate, which is unlikely to reach a grand compromise — or any compromise — this fall.
Published
July 19, 2023

Cal Thomas: The Secret Service makes me nervous

Like so many other accusations of alleged scandal when it comes to the Biden administration, expect this one to be swept under the rug.

Published
July 17, 2023

How much heat can the human body stand?

As the Earth gets hotter, that will put more pressure on city officials to embrace heat warning systems, public cooling centers and science-based regulations aimed at preventing heat from killing us.
Published
July 16, 2023

Clarence Page: A college-level challenge: When free speech sounds like cyberbullying

In this superheated environment, it becomes more important to counter disinformation with good information, beginning with “whiteness studies,” an area of sociological study and research that probes how race is defined, its origins and how it is constructed by societies more than by nature.
Published
July 16, 2023

Froma Harrop: DeSantis can’t beat Trump. Christie could.

True, Chris Christie's poll numbers remain in the single digits, but they're going up while Ron DeSantis' are falling. A recent New Hampshire poll puts Christie third among registered voters. His 6% is creeping up on DeSantis' 19%.
Published
July 16, 2023

Kurt Pullman: The squeaky wheel gets the grease: Thoughts on why government-controlled power is wrong for Maine

Government control of the electric system and the proposed Pine Tree Power are bad models for electric utilities at this scale. I don’t want to be in the position again where I am forced to make a decision that I know is not in the best interest of my electric system, my customers or my team, just so that a politician can bolster their reelection prospects for another cycle.
Published
July 16, 2023

Rich Lowry: The Biden debacle waiting to happen

Every incentive is to keep trotting President Biden out like nothing is wrong — 80 is the new 70 — and hope for the best. Maybe he shuffles through the raindrops and nothing bad happens between now and November 2024. But there is some significant chance that it does, that there is a fateful sandbag, wire, or step out there that is going to bring home the fragility of the leader of the free world in a disturbing and undeniable way.

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