A Mainer who served in the Pacific Theater remembers everyone sprucing up for time on liberty – and coming back to tell their tales.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Voices: A nation divided by the stories we believe
We need to accept that we all have our own version of events.
Maine Voices: Democracy rests on poll workers’ slightly stooped shoulders
When the integrity of an electoral count is questioned, these are the people who are being called dishonest. This takes me aback, because poll workers are cautious.
Colby Polling Initiative: How we missed Maine’s independent spirit
We undercounted the number of voters uniquely poised to choose a senator and a president of opposing parties.
Noah Smith: Biden will need to get creative to save the economy
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
Commentary: Election reveals there is space for a third political party
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Jim Fossel: Money fails to win Gideon a Senate seat in Maine
Tuesday shows, once again, that voters favor moderates with strong ties to the state and an identity outside of their party affiliation.
Bill Nemitz: The ‘County girl’ versus the woman ‘from away’
To our detriment, birthplace played a powerful role in Maine’s U.S. Senate race.
What is it like to have COVID-19? One reporter’s diary, from mild symptoms to a brush with death
A former Press Herald reporter details his experience with the virus.
The Maine Millennial: Re-election numbers have lessons for Susan Collins
She should take to heart the fact that 49% of the votes cast Tuesday were for someone else and become a true moderate.