The federal government should extend its welcome to others fleeing war and oppression, including the 1,800 African asylum seekers who came to Maine over the last year.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jim Fossel: After Tuesday, party unity will be the key to success
Reconciling factions within the parties is always a challenge after the primaries are decided.
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Maine Voices: Inaction on gun safety takes teachers’ breath away
How can we tell our students that they are safe when our government does nothing in the face of mass murder?
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Maine Voices: Beware excess moderation on guns
Even Aristotle, who taught ‘everything in moderation,’ understood that outrage can be more virtuous than a lack of human feeling.
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The Maine Millennial: Finally finding a home of my own
Be it ever so humble, a single-wide next to the dump offers a feeling of security.
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Maine Observer: Finding childcare isn’t getting easier
A working mother in the ’80s seems to have had more options than her daughter has today.
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Community Compass: Why I’m voting no on Readfield’s broadband proposal
We all realize broadband is extremely important to a modern life, but this project is redundant and wasteful.
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Maine Voices: NIMBY tag unfair to Roux Institute neighbors
After 2 years of unanswered questions, East Deering residents doubt that they can trust the developers to work cooperatively.
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Maine Voices: America’s gun laws contribute to bloodshed abroad
Gun ownership is tightly restricted in Mexico, but guns smuggled across the border from the U.S. make crime there more deadly.
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Maine Voices: Teacher ‘cries out’ at the end of a very hard year
Despite the challenges, a seventh grade teacher feels inspired by his students to keep going.