“In our time, numerous leaders of the Republican Party, former President Donald Trump is the most significant, regularly purvey conspiracy theories.”

Author Archives: Amy Fried, Opinion columnist
Amy Fried has written about the media and politics, women in politics, Maine and American political culture, and political activism, and works to create change through the Rising Tide Center. A political scientist at the University of Maine since fall 1997, in August 2011, she started writing a biweekly column for the Bangor Daily News. Outside of all this, she can be found canoeing, cooking, gardening, or hiking.