The big unanswered question at the Democratic National Convention is not whether Russian hackers will sneak embarrassing text into the president’s teleprompter, or if the Bernie Sanders backers will have any voices left when it’s time to boo on Thursday night.
The real question is about Hillary Clinton: Does she know what time it is?
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Portland Press Herald Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich and Sarah Collins, Assistant Editorial Page Editor, review some of the comments our Opinion pages have generated.
Our View: Maine CDC should share, not squelch, disease data
Our View: Court ruling on Harpswell beach access shows need for public land
Maine Voices: A no-tip, living wage for servers will anchor the restaurant industry
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You’re more likely to be crushed to death by your wobbly bureau overstuffed with cheap clothes from China or that giant television set, where you’re glued to watching the gory details of the Nice attack, than you are to be killed by a radical Islamic terrorist from Syria.
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As people gathered on a hot night to mourn two African American men who had been shot to death by police and five police officers in Dallas who had been gunned down by a sniper, the speaker who seemed to best capture the spirit of the moment was a cop, Portland Police Chief Mike Sauschuck.
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Remember back in 2014, when the LePage administration had its hopes for major Medicaid reform pinned squarely on a contract, valued at just under $1 million, with The Alexander Group?
Greg Kesich, Portland Press Herald Editorial Page Editor, and Sarah Collins, Assistant editorial page editor talk about feedback the newspaper has received this week, including comments about:
Our View: Subsidies for unhealthy foods are killing us
Our View: Zipper merging by highway drivers is right even if it feels wrong
Greg Kesich: Many voters who say they value honesty are lying to themselves
Maine Voices: To fathom tourists’ impact on Peaks Island, imagine so many on Munjoy Hill
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We say we value honesty and we can’t trust people who don’t tell us the truth. But researchers tell us that we all lie, and most people lie every day. That includes all the people that we trust. Your priest. Your mother. Liars.
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Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich reads, and in some cases reacts to, comments on the newspaper's July 4 editorial, "Our View: Celebrate the Fourth and reject nationalism."
Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich reads the Portland Press Herald's July 4 Editorial.
Hard times have come a knockin’ at the Blaine House door.
Mainers far and wide did a double take last week when WGME-TV reported that first lady Ann LePage has taken a summer job as a waitress at McSeagulls Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor because, as she unabashedly told reporter Jon Chrisos, she could use the extra dough.