Adikhadar Shire and Tobin Williamson: Lewiston needs ranked-choice voting

Columns & Analysis

Published
December 10, 2023

Adikhadar Shire and Tobin Williamson: Lewiston needs ranked-choice voting

The Dec. 12 runoff will feature lower turnout than November, a drawn-out election season, and the risk of possible inclement winter weather.
Published
December 10, 2023

Rich Lowry: No, Henry Kissinger was not a war criminal

The former secretary of state has a complicated legacy, understandably for someone so influential for so long, but he's not responsible for the unspeakable enormities of fanatics he fought to keep out of power.
Published
December 9, 2023

Cal Thomas: Let them eat chicken

Facts from real experts, not more militancy, is what we need. Avoid believing a “scientific consensus” on climate change.
Published
December 9, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: A hope for the future after us

The kids who played basketball in Portland and the kids who sang and played instruments in Decorah thrive. But we are failing millions, literally, of others.
Published
December 8, 2023

Froma Harrop: What happens if anti-vaxxers just face the consequences?

Measles used to kill up to 500 people a year, while polio left more than 15,000 paralyzed. Parts of America that stop requiring vaccinations will be turning their clocks back to an unhappy past.

Published
December 6, 2023

Cal Thomas: A disappointing non-debate

The public needs to know the inner workings of a politician’s heart and soul beyond studied right-left talking points. Last week's so-called “debate” between Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom failed to deliver.
Published
December 5, 2023

Clarence Page: Coming to terms with Henry Kissinger’s legacy — it’s complicated

In the end, coming to terms with Kissinger’s legacy means choosing: Should morality have any bearing on how a world power behaves in bare-knuckled global affairs? How you decide that question likely will determine how you view Henry Kissinger.
Published
December 4, 2023

A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued.

Carriers and local officials say mail service has been disrupted in rural communities from Portland, Maine, to Washington state's San Juan Islands.
Published
December 3, 2023

Clarence Page: GOP does its best to show us how to normalize an insurrection

It took barely more than a nanosecond for former President Donald Trump and his allies to pounce on the new Capitol assault evidence and touch off a new wave of conspiracy theories, most of which appear to be a rehash of the old evidence in a feeble attempt to promote an alternative history.
Published
December 3, 2023

Leslie B. Otten: The efficiency of local heat

Wood indisputably boasts the best carbon footprint of any widely available heating energy source. This undeniable truth stems from the fact that wood pellets are composed of biogenic carbon (unlike geologic carbon) assembled as sawmill residues, low grade forest products, and arboricultural waste wood.

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