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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The View From Here: Living on a two-way street
Thank you and farewell to the readers with opinions about our opinions, who always let us know what they think.
The Maine Millennial: Men get to enjoy sex without consequence. Why can’t women do the same?
The only way to really reduce abortions is birth control and sexual education.
Maine Voices: Court erases last vestige of anti-Catholic law
The bigoted, anti-immigrant policies of Maine’s James G. Blaine was behind Maine’s ban on public funding for religious schools.
Insight: The dangerous pull of conspiracy theories
In a world plagued with doubt, it’s a relief to feel that you know what’s really going on.
Maine Voices: Supreme Court decision based on sadly outdated ideology
The shock of the Dobbs decision should mobilize people to fight for the whole range of human rights now under threat.
Maine Voices: Court puts abortion in the political arena, where it belongs
In a democracy, elected officials, not judges, should pass laws that resolve complex moral, spiritual and cultural disputes.
Douglas Rooks: One way or another, Supreme Court must change direction
Five justices are changing the country against the wishes of a majority of the people.
Commentary: The fight against excessive surveillance continues in Maine and across the country
An effort to close Maine’s ‘fusion center’ stalled in the Legislature, but efforts to limit police use of spy technology have not gone away.