In four state Senate contests, GOP-aligned candidates switched their party registration to unaffiliated, allowing them to appear on the ballot as independents.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
America’s health care crisis continues to add insult to injury | Opinion
We need to demand that our leaders in Augusta and Washington commit, beyond just expression of “concerns,” to voting to improve, not dismantle, our health care system.
Maine’s high electric rates are due to legislative failure, not corporate greed | Opinion
Our situation is 100% self-induced.
Support ‘blue-collar research’ on Maine’s experimental forests | Opinion
It took about 60 years to measure 1 million trees. Let’s support those foresters who want to get to work on measuring another million.
If education, business and labor come together, Maine can take advantage of AI | Opinion
Maine has faced large-scale worker dislocations before. In the absence of effective federal regulation, we must invest and collaborate as we face the biggest yet.
Maine’s finest conservation efforts are rooted in community | Nature Connects
A network of more than 80 land trusts across the state is redefining conservation as a tool for stronger, more resilient communities.
The Hungarian election should keep autocrats up at night | Opinion
Stronger-than-expected democratic institutions, enduring economic concerns, public outrage and an indignant young population — these are the factors that carried the day.
The atrocities in Gaza continue to be minimized | Opinion
Getting arrested seems to be the only way to get the media to pay any attention.
War liberalism is alive and well at NPR | Opinion
The organization appears to be interested in listening to Iranian voices — to a point.
California chaos should serve as a warning for Maine Democrats | Jim Fossel
It’s clear the party needs to seek out new talent and deepen the bench.