The actions of this agency under the Trump administration are despicable — and un-American.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
What if the Postal Service delivered the mail? | Douglas Rooks
It used to be that a missed day of mail was rare. That was then.
Christian nationalism’s bad influence comes to Maine | Opinion
The movement is led by dangerous group of wealthy and powerful proponents. Their influence has already been felt here in our state.
What Emerson can teach us in the age of AI | Opinion
The great American essayist reminds us that jobs and machines are not what make life meaningful.
In fact, Democrats do have a message. They just need to get back to it. | Opinion
And it’s definitely not the one that still has the temerity to call itself ‘the party of Lincoln.’
Prostate cancer numbers have increased. Are you vulnerable? | Opinion
It’s important for men to know their risk level and take the appropriate steps.
The Founding Fathers were wary of human nature. We should be too. | Opinion
It may take different forms today, but the lust for power and control is still very much with us.
Abandonment of patients is a very bad policy | Opinion
Charles Danielson, MD, MPH, FAAP, lives in Wayne. At a personal level, all of us have a sense of what it is like to be abandoned. As we scale it up, it now applies to the approach to many of our challenges and problems. Our rural hospitals, and especially birthing centers, are severely threatened. We are […]
Minneapolis shooting hit close to home in Maine | Opinion
As a nation, we need to protect kids, not guns.
In Waterville and China, a happy break from browntail moths | Column
It’s awfully nice to be able to hang clothes outdoors again since the browntail moth scourge has seemingly paused, Amy Calder writes.