Will we insist on law and accountability now, or accept a world in which power alone decides who is beyond judgment?
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Americans have lost the ability, the desire, to argue well | Opinion
We forget that we can agree with some or all of an opponent’s premises without sharing their conclusion.
The persistent slop of the Maine Wire is paying off | Steve Collins
It’s clear to anyone watching that leading members of Maine’s Republican Party — among many others — have fallen in line with the website’s mission.
Vote like your health depends on it — which it does | Opinion
We can’t think about voting as cheering for one team or another; we have to insist on the protection of our lives and our families’ futures.
If only the US was being run like a business | Douglas Rooks
President Trump’s failure to honor even basic principles of business is on full display now.
A healthy Kennebec River, a healthy Maine | Opinion
The acquisition of the four lowermost dams on the Kennebec by The Nature Conservancy and Brookfield Renewable is being approached with care.
Maine must rise above this national tension | Opinion
Our time-honored steadiness and our tradition of mutual respect have suddenly become very valuable.
Despite everything, the rule of law is alive and well in New England | Opinion
While it’s being disregarded at the highest levels, courts and lawyers in Maine, Massachusetts and elsewhere are focused on upholding the principle.
Government response to Minneapolis ICE killing is offensive and dangerous | Opinion
A government that tells us it is always right is a tyrannical government.
New legislation would make Maine’s polluters pay | Opinion
Maine would follow the lead of Vermont and New York if a proposal to hold fossil fuel companies accountable passes.