The IRS is becoming a model of efficiency. Really.

Columns & Analysis

Published
April 17, 2023

The IRS is becoming a model of efficiency. Really.

As the federal tax filing deadline approaches on April 18, the IRS appears to be at the beginning stages of a major overhaul that promises improved customer service and more efficient tax administration.
Published
April 17, 2023

Has 200 years of science fiction prepared us for AI?

Knowing our deep history of skepticism helps put current reactions to AI in perspective. And that's something that, for now at least, only a human can do.
Published
April 16, 2023

Clarence Page: Even a majority needs to share the microphone

When your majority — or supermajority — cannot win an argument on its merits, you owe your colleagues and constituents something more than simply to cut off debate.
Published
April 16, 2023

Sarah Bishop: Why social work loan forgiveness makes sense for Maine

Maine is largely rural and is in desperate need for social workers. LD 632 would incentivize new master of social work graduates to stay in Maine by assisting in loan repayment and help assure that underserved people in Maine are getting the care they need and deserve.
Published
April 16, 2023

Rev. Richard Killmer: Why did the Biden administration approve a huge oil drilling project in Alaska?

The Biden administration owes us an explanation and a road map that shows how the nation will transition away from fossil fuels. Any new plans for fossil fuel extraction needs to be put in the context of achieving a 50% to 52% reduction by 2030.

Published
April 16, 2023

Austin Bay: Biden’s Afghanistan lies are a crime against the American people and honest history

In honest future history — and honest histories will be written about Biden's fiasco, because it was bloody, inept and has huge consequence — the Reuters report will foreshadow the Biden administration's epitaph: Even though it's an outright falsehood, we must project a pro-Biden picture and babble a pro-Joe narrative because because because.
Published
April 16, 2023

Froma Harrop: Do you worry that your bank is too liberal?

Should I worry that my bank is too woke, whatever anyone means by "woke" these days? Right-wingers are peddling the argument, tailored for the rubes, that when financial institutions factor such concerns as the environment, social equity and governance (ESG) into their business, they are endangering themselves.
Published
April 16, 2023

Cal Thomas: Politics then and now

Kindness and praise for one’s political opponent can affect others, especially voters. As Abraham Lincoln said about the South: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
Published
April 15, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Ethics in high places

Our public servants need to deserve our trust. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey do not. Both should resign.
Published
April 15, 2023

Laura Fralich: A response to the burning of a pride flag in New Gloucester

The statement from our town government condemning the recent hate crime was empty optics if it is not coupled with continued action and meaningful change.

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