Commentary Archives - Page 14 of 18

Confronting the War Machine at Bath Iron Works

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 02, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, Uncategorized2 Comments

Adam Marletta BATH- As trick-or-treaters and Halloween celebrants scrambled for last minute costume ideas, the real fright was at Bath Iron Works, where the lionized shipyard u... Read more

The Big Problem With Small Business

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 25, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, UncategorizedNo Comments

Adam Marletta Something unthinkable happened during the recent Democratic debate in Las Vegas: Hillary Clinton said something I agree with. During an unprecedented (for a corporate-ow... Read more

Musings on the Mayor’s Race

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 19, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Election 2015, FeaturedNo Comments

Adam Marletta Four years after Portlanders chose Michael Brennan as the city’s first popularly elected mayor in nearly 100 years, the general consensus from the enlightened Port... Read more

Do It Big

Posted By: Editoron: October 05, 2015In: Comedy, Commentary, Commentary, Election 2015, Featured, News Briefs1 Comment

by Sam Pelletier This year, in Portland, we’re voting on a minimum wage of 15 dollars per hour. Their initiative also significantly raise the wages of tipped workers, who were thoroughly pee... Read more

Corporations Are the Real Welfare Queens

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: October 04, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured1 Comment

Adam Marletta Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald’s failed attempt to establish a public list of the state’s welfare recipients is the latest maneuver in an insidious, decades long w... Read more

Iran’s Phantom Nuclear Threat

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: September 27, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

Adam Marletta The much debated Iran nuclear deal is such an absurd bit of kabuki theater, it calls to mind one of my favorite scenes from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland... Read more

Rejecting the Practical (A Response to My Critics)

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: September 13, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured2 Comments

Adam Marletta I knew I was rattling a proverbial hornet’s nest when I took on Sen. Bernie Sanders in my last column. But then, such is the nature of journalism. The job of a rep... Read more

Career Opportunities

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: August 18, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured1 Comment

Adam Marletta I recently completed a temporary job stint at Purdy Powers & Company, an accounting firm on Middle Street. I was hired as a front-desk administrative assistant. The job was... Read more

Liberal Hit Piece Volume II: Super Blunt

Posted By: Editoron: August 06, 2015In: Comedy, Commentary, Featured, News BriefsNo Comments

by Sam Pelletier Truths can be unpleasant. Your parents had sex. Entitlements might not be there for you. Legalize Maine’s 2016 initiative has no chance of becoming law. None whatsoever. Les... Read more

Demanding a Living Wage

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: August 03, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, News Briefs2 Comments

Adam Marletta Everything one needs to know about Portlanders’ current struggle for a living wage is contained in the lead sentence of a recent Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegr... Read more

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