Every year during Holy Week, we Christians face a problem. The Gospel narrative that tells of the death of Jesus attributes blame to the Jews instead of the Roman authorities who were the ones that actually charged Jesus with insurrection and hung him on a cross, a Roman method of capital punishment. Because of these […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: Peace, joy and reflection on Easter weekend
“Surely it is God who saves me, I will trust in him and not be afraid “For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, and He will be my savior!” — Isaiah 12:2 Like a good wine, it takes time, perhaps a lifetime, to learn to trust our higher power and not be […]
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Commentary: Maine’s alternative utility market experiment has been a failure
AARP Maine supports the Office of the Public Advocate’s call to repeal the program that allows retail electricity marketers to compete for residential customers.
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Douglas Rooks: To get past Trump spectacle, first, we must disenthrall ourselves
Sen. Susan Collins’s already famous response to Donald Trump’s indictment — “I don’t know what to make of it” — speaks for many, especially the news media. Despite the incessant chatter about the 2024 presidential race — who’s in, who’s out, who’s ahead, what the hourly polls say — the way forward seems cloudy, if […]
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Commentary: If the U.S. wishes to halt flow of asylum seekers, it must make an effort to prevent war
Once war starts, very few countries have been able to quickly recover. President Biden’s latest immigration proposals seem to ignore that fact.
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Maine Voices: Greatness in women’s basketball? It’s nothing new
Women athletes have been dazzling on the court for over a hundred years.
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Commentary: Maine must stop trying to bypass SCOTUS decision on schools
The outcome in Carson v. Makin made clear that such religious discrimination in our education system must end. Why hasn’t it?
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Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true
Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
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Maine Voices: As 2024 election ramps up, parties must seek statesmen for candidates
We’ve seen the impact on our country of a president who peddles deceit, brews trouble and incites hostility.
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Maine Compass: Along with gun ownership should come great responsibility
The process to buy a gun should be more rigorous.