Harrop warns that the U.S. economy seems to be softening and that lower income families stand to lose out.
Op-Eds
Robert Samuelson: Why the trade deficit is good news
Samuelson explains the reality of the U.S. trade deficit.
Eric Brakey: Don’t give Mainers’ votes to big cities
Brakey advocates against proposed legislation that would bind Maine’s electoral votes to a National Popular Vote.
Leroy Walker: The new ELHS — at what cost to the taxpayers?
Walker questions if the new ELHS really needs to be a state of the art facility that would increase taxes for residents.
Jason Levesque — Look, but don’t touch: How Auburn’s current Agriculture and Resource Protection Zone works
Levesque shares his opinion that the city of Auburn needs to make changes to its current zoning laws.
Hugh Hewitt: Western world has rejected aging
Hewitt asserts that, here in the West, older people aren’t retiring and the Medicare retirement age should be raised.
Rich Lowry: Yes, there’s a crisis at the border
Rich Lowry asserts that new reports from the U.S. border prove that there really is a crisis at the border.
Jennifer Rubin: Democrats are worse off without Brown in the race
Rubin offers up Sen. Sherrod Brown as an example of a person Democratic active candidates should emulate.
Fareed Zakaria: How diversity can rescue democracy
Zakaria makes the claim that diversity of opinion helps keep democracy fresh and alive.
Cal Thomas: Bryce Harper and loyalty
Thomas complains that baseball player Bryce Harper has shown no loyalty to his former team and the fans by accepting an offer from a competing club.