We cannot forget the girls, kidnapped from their school 278 days ago.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
A look out the frosted window offers prognostications, fun facts, pet peeves
Even though people are still numb from pre-election blitz, politicians pick up where they left off.
Losers think ranked-choice voting gives them a better chance of winning
We often vote for the candidate we perceive to be the lesser of two (or more) evils.
4-H Club members on front lines of nation’s defense during Cuban missile crisis
Discovery of booklets to help us survive a nuclear attack brings back memories.
Politics on the local level more about relationships than ideology
How did a progressive feminist like me come to endorse a conservative Republican like Nick Isgro for mayor of Waterville?
Scott Walker, 2016’s wild card
Wisconsin governor would put the GOP back in the hunt for lower- and middle-class voters.
It’s time for others to get in on New Hampshire’s primary spoils
The Grabbit State has turned the primary system into a scheme for selling more lottery tickets and liquor.
Where is leadership in solar energy innovation?
Mainers must begin with conservation through energy audits and insulation.
LePage’s inauguration speech showed he is a man on a mission
Governor covered a lot of ground in last week’s speech.
Remember when everyone wanted to ‘Save Darfur’?
New geopolitical crises have pushed Darfur off the front pages, and the American public has become more isolationist.