The immediate focus must be saving lives. Racism that silences debate prevents that from happening.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Hilary Koch: Diabetes, death and dollars
As my son grows up, he’s learning that our health care system is more about profits than keeping people alive and well.
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The Maine Millennial: All I have for the gun lobby is disgust
I’m sick and tired of having to tiptoe around the feelings of gun nuts.
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Jim Fossel: Brace yourself for a dreary presidential election
Both parties are stuck with candidates that the general public’s not enthused over.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf: 60 years ago, in Dallas
It was one of those mild November days, typical of Washington autumns, the temperature pushing 70. Because I worked nights, I was trying to nap between picking up the 3-year-old at play school and her older siblings at 3. But excited voices interrupting the music on my favorite oldies station jostled me awake, talking of […]
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Commentary: The Supreme Court finally has a code of ethics, but it has a fatal flaw
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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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.