Douglas Rooks: Opportunity knocks for tax reform in Maine

No one likes paying taxes, but since we must pay to get services we want and need, we should have a fair system to support those needs.

Douglas Rooks: The unending election cycle hasn’t reached Maine – yet

We’ll know our elections are getting back to normal — and only then — when losing candidates relearn the concession ritual, and practice it.

Douglas Rooks: Mills has opportunity to change state, and herself

If Mills is to have the successful second term that’s often eluded her predecessors, she will have to shift course to remain in tune with her party, and especially its younger members.

Douglas Rooks: Campaigns little help, but voters still decide

Yes, elections are worse than they used to be, or at least they accomplish less in steering the course of the nation and each state.

Douglas Rooks: Inflation not the problem we think it is

Rather than yesterday’s polling, we might focus on what really matters to us — and where Congress can have a major impact.

Douglas Rooks: Voters decide elections, not polls

For democracy to work, each voter should act as if the fate of the Republic really is in their hands.

Douglas Rooks: With NECEC, ‘the law’s delay’ is getting out of hand

Maine's judicial system is working slowly, and we are all losing because of it.

Douglas Rooks: Bureaucratic delays cut both ways on climate

We can't meet the challenge of our times under a system marked by regulatory delays.

Douglas Rooks: Post-pandemic, unions again on the march

Douglas Rooks: When a nickel needs to become a dime

What’s the reason for the sharp decline in redemption centers, conveniently located in most towns, let alone cities as large as Augusta, the columnist asks.