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In the 236 years since ratification of the Constitution, 45 men have served as president of the United States. Come January, that number will remain the same, even though history was made on Tues...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/07/view-from-away-trump-shocked-the-system-again-with-a-resounding-white-house-win/

The coming days, if not weeks, will be tense and they may be difficult. It's worth trying to shift our focus to what comes next.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/03/our-view-think-about-what-comes-after-nov-5/

Every school in the state should be paying attention to what's happened here.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/11/03/our-view-hazing-at-lisbon-high-school-a-cautionary-tale/

Maine's time-honored sense of political independence should not fall foul of the national chaos. And no, it's not too late.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/27/our-view-presidential-race-must-not-set-the-tone/

Remembering is important – and it is painful. A sustained focus on the future offers reasons to keep going.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/20/our-view-as-lewiston-approaches-oct-25-we-must-keep-looking-ahead/

We lose sight of and lose out on the value of our shared history without taking care to protect it.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/our-view-vote-yes-on-question-3-for-the-good-of-historic-buildings-around-maine/

If Maine can play a leading role in bringing some order and fairness to political spending nationally, we should seize the chance.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/our-view-vote-yes-on-question-1-to-send-an-important-message/

Investing in and expanding its industries is crucial in helping Maine remain competitive in a rapidly growing economy.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/13/our-view-vote-yes-on-question-2-if-you-care-about-business/

Vice President Kamala Harris ticked off her presidential campaign checklist with a visit to the southern border last week. She talked with members of the Border Patrol and made boilerplate promis...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/07/view-from-away-its-too-late-for-kamala-harris-to-play-tough-on-immigration/

The neglect of Maine's most vulnerable children is now the subject of a federal lawsuit. When can we expect evidence of reform?

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/06/our-view-standards-for-care-of-disabled-kids-have-slipped-out-of-sight/

The storms speak and their voices are growing more violent, more vehement. This storm — Helene — may be the most furious yet. It raked glancing blows through the Caribbean and along Mexico’...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/10/05/view-from-away-helenes-500-miles-of-wreckage-and-devastation-should-bring-howls-of-fury-at-leaders-folly/

Efforts from the ground up won’t work without firm commitment from the top down.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/29/our-view-good-climate-policy-depends-on-consensus/

Public use of intertidal areas in Maine simply should not – still – be such a hard-fought battle.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/22/our-view-end-squeamishness-about-beach-access/

The more detail emerges about the circumstances of the spill, the more obvious it is that we need a far more rigorous approach to public health and safety ... and to PFAS.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/15/our-view-brunswick-spill-a-never-again-moment-for-maine/

Wanton pollution of Maine’s environment has to be cracked down on more harshly. This is not and cannot be a partisan matter.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/08/our-view-state-environmental-protection-needs-to-become-much-more-active/

If reelected, former President Donald Trump, vows to carry out the “largest domestic deportation operation” in U.S. history and he claims that the Biden-Harris administration “is letting mi...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/07/editorial-trumps-ridiculous-mass-deportation-solution-hides-his-lies-about-the-southern-border/

At the recent central-bank symposium at Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered a widely expected message on interest rates: “The time has come for policy to adjust.” H...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/03/view-from-away-why-the-fed-shouldnt-stop-worrying-about-inflation/

President Biden's pledge to designate national monuments to the legacies of extraordinary women is tailormade for the crusading Perkins.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/09/01/our-view-no-better-time-to-recognize-frances-perkins-than-right-now-2/

The buck could not have been passed any further. An anxious public deserves better.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/25/our-view-response-to-brunswick-foam-spill-a-multifaceted-failure/

This year’s hottest back-to-school trend is one most students won’t like: cellphone bans. A growing number of districts across the country have enacted, or plan to enact, prohibitions on stud...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/21/view-from-away-yes-more-schools-should-ban-student-cellphones/

Since President Joe Biden ducked out of the presidential race last month, Vice President Kamala Harris has made steady gains against Donald Trump in most polls. If she wants that lead to endure p...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/20/view-from-away-harris-needs-to-fill-in-the-blanks-for-undecided-voters/

An officer does not have to act criminally to be undeserving of a badge.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/18/our-view-new-police-rules-a-great-step-for-accountability/

It may not sound like much, but when it comes to lobster, 1/16th of an inch can make a big difference. That’s the increase in minimum harvestable lobster size that is set to go into effect next...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/18/our-view-cooperation-in-the-north-atlantic-would-help-lobster-industry-on-both-sides-of-border/

Big Tech has the resources to curb its energy demands, but so far it has chosen not to, the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board writes.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/17/view-from-away-generative-ai-is-an-energy-hog-and-that-could-hurt-progress-fighting-climate-change/

Experience has shown that helping kids with hunger pays great dividends. We shouldn't let anything stand in the way.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/11/our-view-get-kids-their-summer-meals-its-worth-whatever-it-takes/

In a complex deal brokered by the U.S. government, Russia has freed reporter Evan Gershkovich and 15 other political prisoners in exchange for the release of eight of its nationals in the West �...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/10/view-from-away-now-deter-and-punish-putins-hostage-taking-habit/

While question marks over cost abound, one thing is clear: We need to make this investment.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/04/our-view-it-behooves-us-to-pay-for-wind-energy/

Sixteen nightmarish months later, to the immense relief of family, friends and the nation, the Wall Street Journal reporter wrongly detained by Russia is coming home.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/01/our-view-not-a-moment-too-soon-evan-gershkovich-is-free/

Although the U.S. and its allies agreed recently to put Ukraine on an “irreversible path” to NATO membership, there’s no avoiding the obvious: A Trump presidency could well render such pled...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/29/view-from-away-nato-needs-better-bridges-and-bulwarks/

Long weeks remain between now and Nov. 5 – every one of them replete with opportunities to disappoint constituents of the 2nd Congressional District.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/28/our-view-rep-golden-should-probably-tread-more-carefully/

Employers are finding it harder and harder to make it work here. We turn a blind eye to that at our peril.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/28/our-view-maine-needs-to-get-down-to-business/

Americans had reason to fear for the future even before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. One hopes this enormity, together with respect for its innocent victims, will urge elected lea...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/24/view-from-away-vance-seals-the-arrival-of-big-government-conservatism/

It’s not surprising that the Republican Party took out of its platform, after decades, support of a national abortion ban. Not that Donald Trump and his new vice presidential running mate, Sen....

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/22/view-from-away-the-gop-still-wants-to-ban-abortion/

Public outpourings of grief in response to the closure of beloved establishments reveal priorities too often forgotten.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/21/our-view-we-dont-know-what-weve-got-til-its-gone/

Many states are implementing cellphone policies. Maine should follow soon.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/14/our-view-of-course-phones-have-no-place-at-school/

A fracas over parking in a Cape Elizabeth neighborhood highlights – yet again – tension between public, private and the supposed 'character” of a place.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/07/our-view-public-beach-access-must-be-thoughtfully-managed-protected/

Looking to elected representatives and others for statements that will change the course of the election is a pointless exercise.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/07/07/our-view-presidential-election-buck-stops-with-voters/

The plight of the Bowdoin graduate, unjustly imprisoned in Russia since March of last year, has to stay in the public eye.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/30/our-view-the-time-to-bring-evan-gershkovich-home-is-indeed-now/

The political aftermath of a recent violent rampage in Auburn shed a stark light on a very grave state of affairs.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/30/our-view-reform-of-public-defense-is-the-bottom-line/

All homelessness is troubling. But there is something particularly unsettling about older people — those age 50 and above — falling into homelessness after decades of lives filled with homes ...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/28/view-from-away-lack-of-housing-is-pushing-more-seniors-onto-the-streets-thats-on-all-of-us/

We've got to wrap our heads around the rising costs of solving this problem; they are only going to rise.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/23/our-view-maines-pfas-crisis-demands-change-of-approach/

The Mills administration's consistent, proactive work on abortion access is still as important as ever.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/16/our-view-abortion-ruling-allows-maine-to-stay-the-course-for-now/

Too often, Mainers fight tooth and nail to get voters’ blessing for school projects. Isn’t there a better way?

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/16/our-view-school-funding-shouldnt-come-to-a-scrum/

We seem eerily good at bracing for and braving the tumult that a changing climate throws our way – and less good at working to arrest the change.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/09/our-view-mitigation-of-climate-change-must-not-be-lost-to-management/

Who holds Major League Baseball’s record for the highest batting average in a single season? It’s not Ted Williams, with his .406 average in 1941, the last time anyone topped .400. It’s not...

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/03/editorial-mlb-finally-embraces-all-of-the-major-leagues-including-the-black-ones/

A person convicted of domestic abuse has absolutely no business at a state dinner.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/02/our-view-mccleans-white-house-invitation-beggars-belief/

Vexatious comparisons with 'Appeal to Heaven' can, frankly, go to hell.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/06/02/our-view-1901-maine-state-flag-is-still-1901-maine-state-flag/

In attempting to undermine the judicial system and fanning the flames of anti-establishment rabble-rousing and worse, the senator has nailed her colors to the mast.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/05/31/our-view-fearlessness-of-exactly-the-wrong-kind-from-sen-susan-collins/

Our sustained popularity with visitors is in no doubt; it's our capacity to cater to them that needs more attention.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/05/26/our-view-maine-tourism-can-complete-pandemic-rebound-in-2024/

In response to the news, Gov. Mills encouraged 'cautious optimism.' That’s the right approach.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/05/19/our-view-decline-in-overdose-deaths-is-something-to-build-on/