Jonathan Reisman

Jon Reisman is an associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine at Machias. His views are his own.
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Energy & Environment
Reisman: State finally coughs up public lands info, and it’s bad news for rural Maine
The legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) Committee recently held a public hearing...
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Energy & Environment
Reisman: Poking the green hornets’ nest
Last week I poked the green hornets’ nest by testifying in support of...
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Commentary
Reisman: No justice, no peace
In a shameless act of cultural appropriation, this week’s column title takes the...
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Commentary
Reisman: Systemic racism racket gets trumped
The systemic racism industry has had its sweet multimillion consulting racket exposed and...
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Commentary
Reisman: Peace and ‘the Resistance’
“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk...
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Education
Reisman: See you in September?
Last week marked the beginning of my 37th year at the University of...
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Commentary
Reisman: Midsummer Nightmare
August rolled in and although the garden looks good, I cannot say the...
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Commentary
Reisman: Cancel culture karma
As a long-time supporter of the First Amendment and the value of free...
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Education
Reisman: School Daze
Opening schools this fall should not be a partisan issue, but it is...
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Education
Experts in apocalyptic harmony
In mid-May, I spent almost 15 hours over two days in a Zoom...
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Education
Bill to improve teacher quality would do just the opposite
Senator Rebecca Millett, the chair of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, has...
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Labor
Maine law forces me to accept union misrepresentation
This piece was first published in the Portland Press Herald. I am an...
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Commentary
What about free speech? Or, how I got banned by the Portland Press Herald
This article was originally published in the Portland Press Herald The First Amendment’s...
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Commentary
Climate change policy and the Constitution
The United States needs a climate change policy grounded in and consistent with...
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News
Trumping the Monument
The National Monument Tango and the Presidential Primaries have combined to create a...
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Commentary
Transparency Needed in Publicly Funded News
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) provides some of the best and sometimes...
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Commentary
The Precautionary Principle Strikes Back
The Precautionary Principle has been used by progressive environmental and public health advocates...
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Commentary
Climate Change: Baptists & Bootleggers
A powerful coalition of environmentalists and crony capitalists have engaged the American people...