This year’s State of the Union would have done better to emphasize areas on which bipartisan agreement already exists.
Siobhan Brett
Editorial Page Editor
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Decriminalize drugs for personal use
We can either punish people who use drugs or we can keep them alive.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Cross-border lobster meeting inspires confidence in right whale’s future
After a tempestuous 2022, I was heartened by the dialogue and dedication on display at the U.S.-Canada Lobster Town Meeting.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Trend of child labor violations demands greater vigilance
In Maine as across the U.S., young workers are being drafted in where other workers won’t go.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: What constitutes news depends on where you get the news
I decided to take media analysis into my own hands and was discouraged by what I found.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Free COVID health care will be gone by May. Should you worry?
The people most directly impacted will be the uninsured and those who treat them.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Art can help us understand the Gulf of Maine’s warming problem
Climate change education doesn’t have to take place in a classroom.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Falling electric car prices don’t help low-income Americans
Knocking $10,000 off a $60,000 car matters little to low-income households; it’s more than they ever could – or would – spend on a car.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: No snow tires? No problem!
In which a snowy hill is conquered with the help of the kind of Mainer we all know and love.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Change has come to Maine GOP. Or has it?
Real transformation or mere facelift? Joel Stekis and his contemporaries get to decide.