Events of the last few years, from COVID to Jan. 6, will force the candidate to run on more than his record.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Insight: America’s reckoning with Indian boarding schools
When coming to terms with the history of a destructive policy, the nation needs to be guided by accountability, not pity.
The Maine Millennial: The war’s not over, and neither is the killing
Our disastrous Afghanistan pullout has endangered the lives of the people who made our 20-year occupation possible.
Maine Voices: We’re not guessing about safety, effectiveness of COVID vaccines
They’ve been put to the test by duly skeptical scientists, and the findings are unmistakable: They save lives.
Bill Nemitz: COVID-19 is highly contagious. So is stupidity.
Last week’s rally in Augusta took the anti-COVID-19 vaccine movement to new lows.
Maine Compass: With your help, we can lift up Maine families
A new child care law with give parents some peace of mind.
Maine Voices: Well-meaning ‘yellow flag’ law puts ER doctors in a role they’re not trained for
Assessing who is safe to own or carry weapons should be done with care – not under the time constraints typical of Maine’s emergency departments.
Robin Abcarian: Did COVID complicate my 6th-grader’s first day of middle school? Not as much as you might think
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Commentary: Updating regulations will help prevent next mortgage meltdown
The rules should be expanded to apply to the internet-based ‘nonbanks’ that are underwriting two-thirds of home loans.
Trudy Rubin: The horror of Afghan women abandoned by America’s troop pullout
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)