The stark divisions surrounding the recent presidential election are still with us, and will be for some time. The reason is clear: We have a crisis of belief in this country that goes much deeper than any single election. So many people, especially young people, have lost faith in America. We have lost belief in […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: More Mainers should consider direct primary care
Paying your primary care physician directly, in the form of a monthly membership fee, is a good way forward.
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Commentary: Our enduring love of Ernest Shackleton exposes false ideas of leadership
It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National Geographic and Disney+, which just released a new documentary on the discovery of the famed Anglo Irish explorer’s lost ship. Shackleton is best known for the trials of his ill-fated expedition to Antarctica, which set off in summer 1914 and saw […]
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Opinion: Maine can lead nation in combating role of money in politics
Let’s regulate the flow of cash to political action committees; there’s no need to cower.
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Opinion: Do not give up on your neighbors
When other systems fail, I hold onto the hope that our shared humanity will save us.
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Opinion: Why we need to embolden women and girls to keep running for leadership
Let’s be intentional about encouraging leadership qualities in girls.
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Opinion: Past time to solve our crisis of dental care
It’s time for policymakers, insurers and the dental industry to address the lack of coverage for treatment and ensure access for all.
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Opinion: Against the odds, collaboration will drive climate action in Maine
With an eye trained on economic growth, we can come together and change the way we build, heat and transport things.
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Scholars Strategy Network: Trump’s electoral victory no landslide
The new president has no mandate, but that doesn’t mean his impact won’t be felt.
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Commentary: It took me 30 years to read the wartime letters my father wrote to my mother
Fifty-nine letters, bound by a brittle rubber band, saved in a dresser drawer for a half-century. Wartime letters sent by my father to my mother at her family home in Chicago, written in his own hand on Navy letterhead, the precise print of an engineer, angled slightly to the right. Yellowed on the edges but […]