David Farmer
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Maine has moved beyond Paul LePage, I hope
LePage for all his pretending to be just a normal guy is a skilled politician and during his first run in 2010 caught the wind that would eventually push former President Donald Trump into the White House. → Read More
History lessons should reflect world as it was, not how we’d have liked it to be
"We all have an obligation to confront the uglier parts of our collective history and to better understand how that history affects the present day and the future into just another battle in the political culture wars," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Poverty is a matter of policy choices, not moral failings
"Once we recognize that poverty is a policy choice, it’s easier to identify the different choices that are necessary to end it," David Farmer writes. → Read More
FDA let hope get in way of sound science with Alzheimer’s drug
"Hope sells. I would have bought it. But the risk of damage to our system — and to families — is too great if regulators take shortcuts for hope’s sake," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Why higher prices are actually good for us
We are unaccustomed to paying the true costs of many of the things we buy. → Read More
State House rules are meant to ensure all are treated with respect
If a lawmaker can suffer through a hot day in a jacket or leave their knitting at home, they can manage a few more days in a mask. → Read More
Finding the bright side in a flooded basement
"When my wife yelled upstairs from the basement that we had a problem Tuesday morning, my first thought went to the ducks," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Supporting Land for Maine’s Future is one of the best things we can do
"The Land for Maine’s Future Program is popular, successful and touches every part of the state," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Helping people at the core of governor’s recovery plan
"Gov. Janet Mills got the process and policy right on the plans she released this week to spend the federal dollars coming from Maine through the American Rescue Plan," David Farmer writes. → Read More
A bill that would put a smile on Mainers’ faces
"Expanding access to dental care is the moral thing to do, and it’s the right approach to health care, but it also is a smart investment of state dollars that will save taxpayers money in the long run," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Pandemic has shown we don’t have to accept a broken health care system
"Coronavirus is showing us that we don’t have to accept a broken health care delivery system. We just need the will to make it better," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Getting vaccinated was easy. I actually look forward to the return trip.
"It was like a collective, community sigh of relief that vaccines were available and there might be a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Monday internet outage reinforces importance of broadband
"We pay our bills online, monitor our accounts, check the news, you name it," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Maine Republicans are embarrassing themselves
"Many Republicans seem to believe that the greatest threats to Maine are transgender student athletes, prudent budgeting, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Gov. Janet Mills," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Democrats are prioritizing policy over process
"Do voters care if a budget passes with a majority versus a two-thirds vote? I doubt it, and apparently Democrat leaders doubt it, too," David Farmer writes. → Read More
Opinion: Republicans can't be trusted on Maine's COVID-19 response
Too many Republicans in the state simply can’t be trusted to negotiate in good faith or to put science before ideology. → Read More
With American Rescue Plan, Democrats took decisive action
"Not a single, solitary Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate bothered to support — or even offer a good-faith counterplan to — the American Rescue Plan," David Farmer writes. → Read More
The federal minimum wage needs to increase. By how much is a difficult political question.
"We need to raise the national minimum. An effort to include an increase to $15 appears likely to fail as part of the COVID-19 rescue package, but work shouldn’t stop due to this setback," David Farmer writes. → Read More
The filibuster can’t survive
"Democrats were elected promising to fix problems and right wrongs; it’s inconceivable to me that they will allow that aggressive, thoughtful agenda to crash onto the rocks of the filibuster in the Senate," David Farmer writes. → Read More
A Republican censure vote against Collins? Are you kidding me?
"I’m no Republican, and there’s no reason that they should listen to me, but the Maine Republicans need Collins a helluva lot more than she needs them," David Farmer writes. → Read More