Although it is welcome and overdue that the Supreme Court finally adopted an ethics code for its justices on Monday, the approach is seriously flawed in that it includes no enforcement mechanism. Instead it continues to leave it to each justice to decide whether to be recused in a particular case. Until Monday, every judge […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: Biden should take a stand against killings of Gazans
It’s not too late for our president to correct course.
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Douglas Rooks: Maine’s broken referendum process needs our help
We’re voting more often, but getting a lot less out of it, even when questions are adopted.
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Tom Waddell: New House speaker brings extremist views to the floor
The U.S. Constitution established a federal government with three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The powers of these three branches are vested in the President, Congress, and the federal courts. Congress consists of the House and Senate, the federal courts consist of the Supreme Court, 13 circuit courts, and 94 district courts. The intent of […]
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Commentary: Swipe fees are plaguing Maine’s businesses and consumers
Congress should pass legislation to correct a lose-lose scenario that has dragged on for way too long.
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Maine Voices: Shootings cannot be separated from the state of our state
Inadequate services for young people and people in need have grave consequences.
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Maine Voices: We can’t expect mental health professionals alone to solve gun violence
Our system of care is a shadow of its former self.
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Commentary: Let’s move on to the real issues confronting Maine’s energy future
Mainers voted the right way on Pine Tree Power. From here, it’s onward and upward.
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Commentary: Preventing PFAS pollution will protect Maine farmers
Resistance to the PFAS reporting law passed by the Legislature last year is reckless.
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Commentary: American Muslims and Jews must stand together amid tragedies in Middle East
Two years ago, the two of us, a Muslim-American woman, and a Jewish-American man, wrote a book together, arguing that American Muslims and Jews cannot afford to allow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to divide our faith communities here at home. We believe in that principle today as much as we did then; but as we watch […]