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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine veterans, it’s time to make our voices heard | Opinion
When our government strays too far from the American ideal, those who served our country have a duty to speak up.
A soldier’s story isn’t always about war | Steve Collins
A guy who fought on D-Day and in the Battle of the Bulge wanted me to know that, in order to live well, what people need most is food and health care.
Maine deserves better than a senator who blames survivors | Opinion
Between these and other comments, Graham Platner has showed me who he truly is, and I believe him.
Republican Lance Walker, Maine’s top federal judge, is a model jurist | Steve Collins
Walker has shown time and again that his allegiance is to something that may seem quaint these days: the law.
Snowshoeing in New England found its footing in Maine | Opinion
One man’s hobby in the 1920s wound up becoming a cultural movement.
Only Mainers get to choose Maine’s next senator | Opinion
It doesn’t matter what the Democratic Party machine or a rival candidate (like me) thinks about Graham Platner. The only voice that matters is the voter’s.
Take time to unravel the Platner plot | Opinion
Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate is likeable and exciting. That doesn’t mean we have to vote him in.
Settling in with Sonny | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
My first joint project with my newborn child? You guessed it, feeding.
For Democrats, it’s political posturing at any price | Opinion
The party has become so focused on winning moral arguments that it has forgotten how to win legislative ones.