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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Voices: USM trip to Greenland sheds light on coastal communities’ challenges
Listening to Greenlanders tell stories about the dramatic effects of climate change is an illuminating experience.
Commentary: Moving in with your parents could be good for America
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The Maine Millennial: Pine Tree Power to the people
A 2023 ballot question is likely to ask us what we think about “government-controlled power.” I think I’m for it.
Jim Fossel: The problem with the new spending bill
The Democrats’ big win is backroom deal that will ultimately do more harm than good.
On the Edge: Fever dreams and hallucinatory thoughts
Oppressive heat, in Maine of all places, led to a swampy, sleepless night for J.P. Devine as his thoughts lurched from Hoffa to O’Toole.
Wick Johnson: In Augusta, a triumph of vision and hope
Realities can change dramatically. My parents sent me to camp in Maine when I was young. They loved Maine and wanted to settle here after World War II, but professional jobs were scarce and they settled in Upstate New York instead. When, in the early 1970s, I graduated from college I moved to western Maine […]
Hilary Koch: Judging people by their worst mistake
If our justice system is truly about “correction,” then we need to allow people to rejoin society.
Paul Mills: After the Roe repeal, a look at how Maine fills its highest court
Maine’s process for selecting justices contains some lessons for the nation as a whole.