A column by George Smith got a lot wrong about county government.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Compass: The bad old days of 1917
Some of the chilling actions of today are echos of those 100 years gone.
Maine Compass: There’s no such thing as ‘fake news’
Professional journalism is distinguishable from propaganda, rumor, satire and lies.
Column: The case for a quick repeal
The new president and Congress must act decisively to stabilize the insurance markets that exist as well as lay the groundwork for the improved markets they envision.
Alan Caron: Tension within the GOP
With Trump promising so much antithetical to conservatives, they’ll have to pick their poison.
Don Roberts: Governor’s extreme budget
LePage’s spending proposal has some good ideas, but goes too far.
Maine Compass: Senators wrong on biomass
Burning wood is not carbon-neutral and should not be classified as such.
Barbara Bush: Betsy DeVos the right women for education secretary
She is an educator at heart, and has spent her life fighting for children.
Maine Compass: Trump should follow Reagan’s precedent and make ‘illegal aliens’ legal
Immigration policy must be reformed to give them a path to citizenship — and an obligation to pay taxes.