The problem is that there’s an organized effort underway by transnational criminal organizations to buy up properties in rural Maine, gut them bare and fill them to the brim with marijuana plants to fund other illicit activities.
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Clarence Page: Rep. Ken Buck’s sudden retirement yet another setback for a reeling GOP House leadership
There are worries among the House GOP leadership about how to navigate their ever-shrinking and already narrow majority as they try to run the chamber.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: A ‘replacement theory’ that may be true
What we’re dealing with mostly may well be white men afraid they will be replaced by women.
Froma Harrop: Building anything anywhere threatens communities
“Yes in My Backyard” so often means “Yes in Your Backyard.” But No. We don’t have to roll over for developers.
Rich Lowry: Joe Biden will never be normal again
The normality advantage that Biden enjoyed in 2020 is gone, and defeating his Republican adversary has, accordingly, gotten that much more difficult.
Cal Thomas: President and Congress need an intervention
As with other addictions from which the addicted cannot free themselves, an intervention is much needed. One can happen in November if enough non-addicts vote for candidates who are committed to putting our financial house back in order.
Clarence Page: For one night, Biden was the media master while Trump was fumbling
This was a speech in which what President Biden said was possibly less important than how well he said it.
Gordon Donaldson, Emanuel Pariser and Todd West: Let’s double down on civics learning in Maine
Let’s support our teachers in keeping our students awake and engaged in the challenges they face today and will face tomorrow. They can then lead in a thoughtful, informed and compassionate way.
Ashley Sabine: Homes, hopes and broken dreams
I ask legislators, and the majority of us who believe that everyone should have a place to call home, to act. Together we can ensure everyone, regardless of zip code, has a place to live our lives and care for our families.
Austin Bay: Border security is a critical national defense issue
It was in 1812 and is today, no matter how major liberal media outlets try to ignore border security and depict citizens concerned with border defense as assault rifle racists or 19th-century fossils.