One of the last places you’d expect to see innovation in the workplace is in the halls of Congress. One lawmaker described the institution this way: Congress is “a 19th-century institution often using 20th-century technology to solve 21st-century problems.” That is one of the reasons the Congressional Management Foundation sought to create competition among members […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Douglas Rooks: ‘Fighting Joe’ the answer to our Biden woes
Biden has a path to political recovery, paved by none other than Harry Truman in 1948, the columnist writes.
Opinion: Maine should be able to protect self-government from foreign influence
Maine voters are well within their right to prohibit spending by corporations influenced by foreign government owners.
Opinion: A Trump victory will be a climate catastrophe
Only by defeating Trump and Trumpism can we improve our chances at sustained climate progress.
Commentary: There’s only one right response to the Trump shooting
I was boarding a plane from Los Angeles back home to Philadelphia when the news hit that former President Donald Trump had been injured during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The details were sketchy, but the responses online and on the plane were already wild — and entirely predictable. This is precisely the kind of […]
Commentary: How Congress can quickly make Ozempic, Wegovy affordable
A whopping one in eight U.S. adults have taken GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic for weight loss and related conditions. Their popularity and efficacy have sparked a prescription-writing frenzy in recent years, leaving both medications on the Food and Drug Administration’s drug shortage list since May 2023. But even when the supply rebounds, access […]
Hilary Koch: From Rome to Waterville … with love
A trip through central Maine is full of everyday wonder.
Jim Fossel: World politics just not that applicable here
Elections ‘trends’ in Europe and elsewhere aren’t as relevant as people say.
The Maine Millennial: Recall that the president is one person
For me, it’s simply not about considering either Trump or Biden on their own.
Opinion: Maine must keep welcoming the stranger
As we head into another election where immigrants are again being demonized, I’m reminded of the power of local action.