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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Opinion: Ranked-choice voting allows us to vote our conscience
Voters of Maine, wake up to the new reality!
Douglas Rooks: Not a bad time to go to work
If you’re a young Mainer, you can probably find an interesting job here. If you’re a visitor, there may finally be enough here to tempt you to settle down and raise a family, the columnist writes.
Opinion: Offshore wind lease puts the cart before the horse
A full and objective alternative analysis comparing Sears Island with other possible sites is urgently needed.
Commentary: The weight-loss drug revolution exposes the weakest links in our health care system — drug pricing and insurance
It’s rare that a drug can have such a pronounced effect that its immediate benefits translate into health care savings for years, even decades. To the wonder drugs Harvoni and Sovaldi, which wipe out hepatitis C, we can now add the weight-loss medicine Ozempic and its cousins Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound. These drugs have shown […]
Opinion: How the debut of Maine’s lottery rocked the country
Fifty years ago, the state burst onto the national gaming scene. Its arrival was anything but quiet.
Opinion: Maine PERS still wrongly financing climate chaos
Is making money the only thing that matters?
Commentary: Identifying division is easy; finding points of agreement is difficult
Negative campaigning is increasing in volume and nastiness every election cycle. Campaigns are based on a “divide and conquer” strategy, pitting citizens against each other. If you ask most political operatives why this is the case, they’ll tell you it’s because it works. It drives donations, volunteer engagement and turnout. And while I won’t debate […]
Scholars Strategy Network: Biden years have seen job growth, new investment
Even with this buoyancy in the labor market, American consumers are facing high prices for food and housing causing negative attitudes about the economy overall.
Commentary: If you didn’t get an extreme-weather alert, you’re alone
With the planet heating up and nature growing more deadly and destructive, new tools to help people gauge their climate risks are landing faster than DVD-sized hail in Texas. But these models still need fine-tuning. For now, a simpler approach might be to just throw a dart at any map of the U.S. Wherever it […]