The American electorate deserves more information about the vice president’s policy positions and plans.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: Beware the protest vote bias
When you enter the voting booth on Election Day, boycotting the viable candidates isn’t going to help. Whether you like it or not, one of them is going to win.
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The Maine Millennial: It’s time we return the favor to Planned Parenthood
With the nonprofit organization’s northern New England branch facing an $8.6 million deficit, the people it serves should not forget the countless important services it provides.
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Hilary Koch: A woman’s health deserves more than a letter
Our health care system leaves patients, especially women, to find their own way, the columnist writes.
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Opinion: We’re a nation of immigrants and we’re opposed to immigrants?
When I hear politicians speaking so disparagingly about our immigrants, I want to cry. I also want to beg them to learn why so many are fleeing their home countries.
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Opinion: Will you be able to explain to your grandchildren why you supported Trump?
They’re likely to want answers.
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Scholars Strategy Network: The candidates for president have starkly different views on education
The Harris campaign builds on current education programs; the GOP plan calls for the elimination of both Head Start and the federal Department of Education.
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Opinion: Lawmakers must continue to prioritize public health over Big Tobacco
As the industry continues to re-create and rebrand its products to protect its bottom line, so must lawmakers work to ensure that tobacco control policies evolve at equal pace.
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Opinion: Mainers should open their minds to universal voting
Universal voting dramatically and immediately increases participation; it would make our system of electoral politics more inclusive and more genuinely democratic.
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Opinion: Integrity is the most important issue on the ballot in November
For me, the most critical issue regarding who’ll be the next nominal leader of the free world is character. The person atop the ticket of one of America’s two major political parties has continued to demonstrate that he doesn’t have any.