Matthew Gagnon
Bangor Daily News
Yarmouth Town, ME, United States
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Past articles by Matthew:
Maine’s Freedom of Access law is hopelessly broken
"The only way to fix this mess is to radically reform the system." → Read More
Biden and Trump are both villains for mishandling classified documents
"If Trump is a villain for mishandling classified documents, then so is Biden." → Read More
Janet Mills should seek a bipartisan budget deal, and Republicans a middle-class tax cut
"A true spirit of bipartisanship isn’t conditional." → Read More
The 2022 Conifer Awards
"This year was full of many deserving award recipients." → Read More
Rush on heating aid bill was ‘coldly political’
"The notion that the bill needed to be passed, and passed immediately, or people will die, is simply untrue." → Read More
Can Donald Trump win again? I doubt it.
"The country has changed a lot in six years. It has lived through four years of his administration, and opinions about him have hardened in both directions." → Read More
Triumph of the rural Maine Democrat
"Tuesday was the triumph of the rural Maine Democrat, and the Maine Democratic Party may have finally figured out that running unabashedly progressive southern Maine liberals is a recipe for failure." → Read More
Hey Bangor, rent control doesn’t work
"There’s just one problem: rent control is a disaster everywhere it is tried, and has been for a century." → Read More
Good for Nancy Pelosi for going to Taiwan
"Still, the trip itself and most of her statements are worthy of praise, and I’m very glad to have seen her go." → Read More
A recession by any other name
"Things are more expensive, future prospects look bleak, and their economic confidence in the future is low." → Read More
Colleges are too liberal and it is hurting their enrollment
"America no longer seems to view the college experience as an inherent good." → Read More
Supreme Court abortion decision isn’t likely to affect how people vote in November
"Now that the decision will be real rather than speculative, will that change the calculus? I have my doubts." → Read More
Elon Musk may be just what Twitter, and other social media, needs
"With the Republicans likely to take back the U.S. House and Senate this November, Musk buying Twitter might just be the last real hope of social media companies to avoid new, heavy-handed government regulations imposed upon them by the new majority." → Read More
Joe Biden changes his mind again, this time on Russian oil imports
In the end, his confusing, convoluted, incoherent approach to energy is just the latest example of Joe Biden’s eternal search for popularity and power. → Read More
Mills should use budget surplus to lower taxes
"Frittering away money quickly is a terrible idea, yet is all too common among lottery winners," said Gagnon. → Read More
The White House has mishandled Russia for decades
"While I have been very critical of Biden’s foreign policy since he took office, I do think that (for the most part) he has more or less gotten the response to the current crisis right." → Read More
The emerging consensus: Take the masks off our kids
“We need to start talking about off-ramps for disease mitigation strategies in school environments, especially masking.” → Read More
Why America has fallen out of love with the Olympics
"I believe China being the host country does, in fact, have something to do with the bad ratings, but it is also clearly not the only factor at play here," Matthew Gagnon writes. → Read More
How not to select a Supreme Court justice
"This is a monumentally important post that requires a deeply serious legal mind who reveres the Constitution," Matthew Gagnon writes. → Read More
I mispronounced my name for 3 decades. Not anymore.
Without a full, sustained commitment, cultural memory can be lost in a very short time. → Read More