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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The View From Here: Governor’s race will be a long slog
We know the candidates as well as any that we’ve seen, but we still will have to listen to an eight-month slugfest.
Maine Voices: We are failing our promise to Mainers with mental illness
Jails and hospital emergency departments are no substitute for a functioning community-based system of care.
Bill Nemitz: To boldly go where no Maine rocket has gone before
Skepticism aside, bluShift Aerospace is poised to take our reputation for Yankee ingenuity to new heights.
Maine Compass: Think it’s over for COVID time? Pick up your mask and read this rhyme
The pandemic is over, How do I know? You can take off your mask, The CDC says so. The virus contained? The vulnerable protected? Transmissions down? No more variants, surges suspected? Crack open the champagne, And burst into song! The pandemic is over, right? Um… well… truthfully? WRONG. “I don’t understand. I heard COVID’s endemic. […]
Roger Katz: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson exceedingly qualified for Supreme Court
The justices on the bench must have extraordinary credentials, unquestionable character, and unwavering dedication to the rule of law.
Maine Voices: High cost of insulin puts people’s lives at risk
Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins should join President Biden in his effort to make life-saving medicine affordable to people with diabetes.
Commentary: The IRS must be properly funded; here’s why
The Congressional Budget Office determined that funding the IRS could generate hundreds of billions in revenue over 10 years if it has sufficient resources.
Tom Waddell: Christian nationalist movement an affront to all Americans
It is an effort to nullify the views of others whose rights are guaranteed in the Constitution.
Sen. Kimberley Rosen: Celebrating Maine women who have changed the world
During Women’s History Month, the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame is set to induct its two newest members.