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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Portland spending shows need for reform
Scarce housing and high demand for services can’t explain the cost of the city’s program, the DHHS chief says.
Minor spark could touch off any of several brewing regional wars
Increasingly militaristic actions by the Islamic State in Mideast, Putin in Ukraine and China in South China Sea are joined by Iranian progress toward building nuclear bombs.
New pill brings back a familiar feeling
Going back on chemotherapy drug makes me remember I have cancer.
Spring is just around the corner — really
Only positive thinking can get us through the rest of winter.
Personal freedom, parental choice and vaccines
Vaccines have become victims of their success.
Now is the time for young Democrats to strengthen party’s message, broaden its base
Maine Young Democrats plan to create network of activists who will be the voice of a generation in the state.
Anxiety about retirement hits Americans unequally, too
Highest wage earners three times more likely than poorer folks to say they were satisfied with the amount they’re saving.
Obama’s immigration plan raises two important constitutional questions
Judge’s temporary halt of non-deportation of foreign nationals in US illegally is just first skirmish in legal battle.
Silence not a good response to tax plan that fails fairness, adequacy tests
Education funding suffers, and those with greatest ability to pay get another big tax cut.