2024 looms as a very volatile year. Here is what might happen – or maybe not: JANUARY – Alabama defeats Washington for college football national championship. Supreme Court overturns Colorado’s ouster of Donald Trump from GOP primary ballot but rejects Trump’s argument that he has immunity from criminal prosecution. Former president easily wins Iowa caucuses, […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: Homeless shelters must accept animals
The staff I work with are by now are evangelical about the benefits of animal guests. It’s time for everybody to catch up.
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Sen. David LaFountain: Where to find help with storm recovery
Our state recently experienced flooding and storm damage like we haven’t seen in decades. With more outages reported than the 1998 Ice Storm and flooding worse in some areas than the 1987 spring floods, first responders and line crews have been working around the clock to ensure residents and roads are safe and power comes […]
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Douglas Rooks: Presidential leadership amid war and peace
Joe Biden deserves credit for his efforts to reach peace.
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Commentary: Even as American colonists defied the British, they understood the importance of the rule of law
The dominant storyline of our American Revolution is about patriotic defiance — refusing to pay taxes, dumping tea into the Boston Harbor and shooting redcoats once we saw the whites of their eyes. It’s about virtuous lawbreaking in the name of freedom. There is plenty of evidence to support this narrative. Yet like all triumphant […]
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Opinion: Coal is the climate scourge that just won’t go away
Humanity’s biggest greenhouse-gas polluter churns out 40% of all energy-related emissions.
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Commentary: Are we as a nation ready for the next big threat?
I was stunned by the early morning headline that appeared in my email. According to The New York Times, Israeli officials had known about Hamas’ plan for more than a year before it launched its Oct. 7 attacks. This could not be true. The Israel that I have come to know over the past 22 […]
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Opinion: America must realize Ukraine’s future is at an inflection point
There’s a serious disconnect between our stated interests in this conflict and our means of pursuing them.
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Opinion: With nearly 70 journalists killed, who will be left to cover the Gaza war?
With no one taking responsibility, the killing of journalists is being normalized.
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Opinion: We need better communication about the reality of the IUD
We’re doing a terrible job of administering a really effective form of birth control.