There are really only three ways NATO could end: • The United States, NATO’s most powerful member, could walk away. • Europe, led by one of the continent’s larger and more ambitious nations, could break off to try and fend for itself. • Or an outlying member could throw a wrench in the alliance’s decision-making […]
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Greg Kesich: What happens after work?
As retirement gets closer, it becomes even harder to imagine.
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Jim Fossel: Looking ahead to the Republicans after Trump
Whether the president leaves the scene soon or in five years, the party will bear his stamp.
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Another View: Memories of Dec. 7, 1941
We must not forget to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Another View: Memories of Dec. 7, 1941
We must not forget to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Maine Compass: Take reasonable steps to keep guns away from children
The Legislative Council should advance proposals to keep guns out of child care centers and safely stored by home care providers.
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David Trahan: Animal rights activists put Land for Maine’s Future program in peril
Limiting access to hunting and fishing could upset a delicate political balance and cause the popular program to lose support.
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Maine Compass: In today’s classrooms, educators’ focus turns to keeping students alive
Teachers are taking lessons, and they’re on preparing for mass shootings, binding wounds and recognizing signs of abuse.
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Tom Waddell: There’s no ‘national suicide’
What’s important is that citizens follow the Constitution, not where they or their ancestors came from.
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Douglas Rooks: A primary is what you make of it
Maine voters should use the March 3 vote to get to know the candidates.