Maine’s home-grown heating fuels — wood and wood pellets — deserve recognition as an affordable, renewable, carbon-neutral energy source, Doran and Bell write.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: Education in Maine is a true team effort
The best way of celebrating American Education Week is to engage with your local schools.
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Opinion: Israeli ban of UNRWA is appalling – if unsurprising
In its arrogance, Israel appears to believe that, by banning activity by the UN agency, it can be rid of the Palestinian refugee issue as a whole.
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Douglas Rooks: For Democrats, it needs to be all about workers
The Democratic Party has become unmoored from the ordinary people who supported them faithfully through the first two centuries of the Republic, the columnist writes.
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Commentary: Evangelical Christians’ long road to Donald Trump
We don’t yet know the precise numbers, but it appears once again that four out of five white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election. Evangelical support was by no means decisive; a similar percentage voted for Trump when he lost in 2020. But when a supermajority of a group that comprises approximately […]
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Maine Compass: A loon miracle on China Lake
This past summer I witnessed a very unusual occurrence on China Lake. In mid-May, a baby loon was hatched and seen swimming along with its parents in the north end of the lake. Seeing a baby loon at any time is a treat, but this “loonlet” and its parents were defying the odds. Why? Well, […]
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Commentary: Trump’s worst Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified, they’re part of a bigger power grab
At first glance, President-elect Donald Trump ‘s most controversial Cabinet nominees — Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — are an odd list of ideologues and eccentrics chosen for political loyalty more than any substantive qualifications. But there’s a more important and potentially more dangerous factor that ties their nominations […]
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Opinion: Maine is courting disaster by not addressing its electrical grid
The existing ‘grid’ is physically unable to underpin Maine’s future.
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Opinion: Stand up for the environment – and for your children
The nation’s youth will be hit the hardest by President-elect Trump’s anti-climate policy.
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Commentary: Trump’s staggering win isn’t a landslide. Democrats, learn the lessons and move on
After months of obsessing over the presidential contest, it was jarring to tune in to the annual Veterans Day commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery and see President Joe Biden center stage. The all-but-forgotten president is too literally a lame duck; his stride has given way to a shuffle. He looks lost. He tried to project […]