The new Department of Government Efficiency has a reasonable goal but is going about it unreasonably and recklessly.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The Maine Millennial: America’s new F-word is more offensive than the original
I don’t care if you think I’m silly and hysterical in comparing present-day America and Nazi Germany.
Opinion: Maine farmers threatened by federal funding freeze
Cost-cutting efforts in Washington have devastating real-world consequences for agriculture.
Opinion: Funding for Maine housing emergencies should be nonnegotiable
Safe shelter has no business being on the chopping block.
Opinion: Musk’s ‘audit’ of USAID is premeditated murder
A fair assessment of the agency’s performance would be one thing. Elon Musk has something very different in mind.
Opinion: This is not a drill. It’s a constitutional crisis.
The U.S. in the midst of an attempt to consolidate an authoritarian regime. We all have a stake in the protection of the Republic.
Opinion: Yes, Maine, test scores ‘measure what matters’
Prioritizing social-emotional learning metrics over objective measures of academic success sets students up for failure.
Maine Compass: Accurate testing the key to Maine’s PFAS response
The Legislature should look to increase and expand the state’s capabilities, writes the CEO of a lab in Norridgewock.
Douglas Rooks: More money is not the answer for Maine’s indigent defense cases
Rather than playing the blame game, the state’s criminal defense lawyers’ association needs to start actively recruiting more help.
Opinion: There are no easy answers when it comes to forest fire
Drought and winds can make any fire unstoppable, anywhere.