Greenhush? Counterproductive. Greenwash? Even worse. Greenrush? Now we’re talking.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jim Fossel: If only that was the end of Pine Tree Power
Has the idea been killed by the election results of last Tuesday? Not even close.
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The Maine Millennial: When will we stop ignoring mental health care?
You can’t fall through the cracks of a system that doesn’t exist.
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Commentary: Rise in infant mortality shows US needs to take better care of moms
New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a horrible statistic: The infant death rate in the U.S. rose by 3% in 2022 to 5.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, the first significant increase in about 20 years. It’s too soon to know if this is the start of a terrible […]
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Commentary: Don’t ban assault weapons. Do this instead.
Politicians and gun rights advocates who claim that gun control doesn’t work have forgotten their history.
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Commentary: Gun case forces Supreme Court to confront its own illogic
The good news is that the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision that said police can’t confiscate guns from domestic abusers. The bad news is that the high court’s 2022 Bruen decision, which guided the lower court’s ruling, remains firmly in place. Bruen is among the worst-reasoned Supreme Court decisions […]
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Commentary: Red flag laws stop shootings, a lesson Maine could have learned from California
Give the the police the legal authority to press the case.
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Douglas Rooks: Pine Tree Power targeted wrong side of electricity equation
Plus other lessons from Election Day 2023, including a big night by Democrats.
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Commentary: It’s now time for CMP to put energy into what matters
Over the next 12 months, our company is going to be doubling down on meeting the growing and changing demand for electricity.
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Maine Compass: In Maine, love is louder than hatred
We have joined with several others to create the Greater Augusta Unity Committee, which will hold a rally at Mill Park next Sunday, Nov. 12., at 1 p.m.