The state has already taken important steps forward in making everyone’s vote meaningful. Making its primaries nonpartisan is a logical next step.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jim Fossel: Biden’s selfish mistake could have far-reaching consequences
The fallout from the president’s pardon of his son Hunter isn’t going to go away as soon as he leaves office.
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The Maine Millennial: In praise of a big, happy, medicated pet family
Putting my dog Janey on Xanax brought much-needed tranquility to my household.
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Lisa M. DeSisto: I’ll never stop cheering for journalism in Maine
I’m stepping down from my position knowing this organization’s leadership team is as strong as it has ever been.
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Opinion: The American dream of bringing the mall home
I want to deride this impulse as isolationist, a symptom of everything that’s wrong with America, but also, I get it.
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Opinion: SCOTUS is not some mystical branch that can do no wrong
There’s something seriously wrong with a judicial system that provides almost no checks on its justices.
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Opinion: Bath Iron Works management must be honest with union workers
While its employees are the driving force behind the shipyard’s profitability, trust issues remain.
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Commentary: Biden should arm Ukraine to the teeth to prepare for the best negotiated peace
Before leaving office in January, President Joe Biden can still do much to bolster Ukraine’s security, and our own. The need for greater U.S. aid is obvious from reports from the war zone. Last month, Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine crossed the 1,000-day mark. And just as it has since the first day of its […]
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Maine Compass: Delaying climate action will come back to haunt us
We have the resources to adapt to a changing climate, if we push ourselves to act, Phillip Davis writes.
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Maine Compass: The time is now. Certify the Equal Rights Amendment
The White House must take the one step that is needed to finally publish the 28th amendment, Jennifer Kierstead and Bonnie Sammons write.