Is the state of my youth still the same?
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Alfond: Government is not the enemy
Reasonable people can disagree on its role, but it is harmful to be anti-government.
Rogers: The Clinton Foundation will not accept foreign money. Until it does.
A look at next year’s headlines today.
Beck: Lawmakers must help Mainers age with dignity
Progress has been made, but more needs to be done, particularly on senior health care and housing costs.
Caron: The presidential race in Provence
Even in a bucolic setting an ocean away, American politics resonate.
Mayor Rollins: West Side moratorium is necessary
Leaving an ordinance unclarified would put a lot of people at risk.
Old ways of reaching young voters won’t work
Technology and the ways young adults interact with it are changing faster than our consultants can adjust.
Harmon: Elites happy to pass off burden
The well-connected and wealthy don’t feel the results of their agendas.
Waddell: God and government don’t mix
Franklin Graham is coming to Augusta, and bringing his message of intolerance.
Rooks: What do ‘failed’ and ‘flipped’ have in common?
The language we use trivializes elections.