Just because we can make existing laws work doesn’t mean we shouldn’t improve on them.
Siobhan Brett
Editorial Page Editor
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Vote ‘Yes’ on 1 because every vote should be protected | Letter
Once I was registered, when I went to vote for the first time after moving to Maine 20-plus years ago, I was shocked to learn I wasn’t required to prove who I was in order to vote. I only needed to state my name and address. Maine’s process contrasts with the state I moved from, […]
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Graham Platner sings for his supper in the rain in Portland | Opinion
At an early town hall event, Maine’s buzziest senatorial hopeful addressed a group that probably didn’t need all that much persuading.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Reflecting on Hurricane Katrina, I see we’ve learned nothing | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
Sending military troops to carry out law enforcement based on rumors is going to make every problem worse.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
A good federal budget is not an omnibus budget | Jim Fossel
I believe the greatest country on earth should be able to pass a budget made up of separate appropriations bills, a real budget.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
What if the Postal Service delivered the mail? | Douglas Rooks
It used to be that a missed day of mail was rare. That was then.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Maine’s terrifying health care crisis requires bold action | Editorial
You’d be forgiven for thinking the state is powerless. That’s not true.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
It’s about time lobster regulation was informed by lobster fishery | Editorial
The first Maine state survey of workers in the know in 17 years — yes, 17 — has a chance to start relations down a better path.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
About those Trump tariffs – and the toll they’re taking on Maine | Opinion
My patients — across the board and across the political spectrum – are very stressed out.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rep. Chellie Pingree reaps rewards at Westbrook town hall | Opinion
Last Monday night’s event seemed to me a classic case of ‘she who dares, wins.’