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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Douglas Rooks: Inflation not the problem we think it is
Rather than yesterday’s polling, we might focus on what really matters to us — and where Congress can have a major impact.
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Commentary: Criticism of Maine State Chamber of Commerce on PFAS undeserved
An extension of the PFAS reporting deadline will have no impact on the original intent of the legislation.
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Maine Voices: Where is the serious discussion and reasonable compromise?
We are increasingly incapable of respecting the right to disagree. That has grave consequences for democracy.
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Maine Compass: The Kennebec River belongs to all Mainers, not just Brookfield
The first four dams on the river are not worth the harm they cause to the Kennebec and the entire Gulf of Maine.
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Commentary: A little help on parsing inflation from New Hampshire’s Sununu
What we’re confronting today is primarily global; not just fueled but also fired up by the supply chain shutdown during the worst of the pandemic.
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Maine Voices: Why don’t we try listening to our anxiety?
Mental health experts often tell us to “breathe through” things. Faced with the terror and grief of today, that encouragement is misguided.
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Hilary Koch: I do my hair toss
The amount of time and money that women are forced to spend on their looks to be accepted in our society is absurd. And unhealthy.
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Maine Voices: There’s a profound moral impetus to protect the right whale
Let’s pull together for an endangered species that, as you may have noticed in recent weeks, has no constituency.
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The Maine Millennial: Don’t blame people for trying to take housing into their own hands
Portland’s ballot questions on short-term rentals and tenant protections didn’t fall from the sky.