New data show that more U.S. women are dying from alcohol than ever before. Public health authorities need to adopt more effective strategies to help women realize when their drinking is a problem. Considering the many marketing messages pushing a “rosé all day” lifestyle, that campaign will be an uphill battle. But exposing the dangers […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: States should give rural families school choice
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will call a special legislative session this fall in hopes of joining a national trend toward expanding families’ K-12 options via school choice policies. Opponents claim that school choice will “destroy” rural school districts, but the available evidence says otherwise. Over the last 15 years, students in rural Texas have suffered […]
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Commentary: The March on Washington was more than a dream
Sixty years ago, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream turned the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom into a near-religious revival. King’s speech remains so emotionally powerful that we remember little else about that historic march and rally. That’s a shame, because the demonstration was so much more than a dream; it was […]
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Commentary: Maine must ban utility shutoffs during extreme heat
With record-high heat – and record-high bills – more Mainers than ever find themselves at risk.
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Jim Fossel: Maine needs to keep citizen initiatives in check
Let’s not stand by while our elected officials are rendered irrelevant.
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The Maine Millennial: Why student loan forgiveness touches a nerve
Rep. Jared Golden’s recent tirade on the subject was insulting to Mainers – and gravely out of touch.
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Hilary Koch: Saying goodbye to helicoptering parent
Reflections as the columnist drives her eldest son to college.
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Commentary: Inflation Reduction Act protects Maine’s waters – and way of life
Although ocean conservation and protection is in good hands throughout Maine, more can and must be done.
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Commentary: Maine’s national wildlife refuges are an extraordinary asset to our state
The direct and indirect benefits of this protected acreage are too numerous to list.
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Tom Waddell: Political agendas take aim at LGBTQ Americans
There is nothing wrong with being transgender. It is nefarious, bigoted religious and political agendas that cause the problems transgender people experience. Transgender and cisgender people (a person whose gender identity matches their sex given at birth) are the gender they identify as. Gender identity and sex are not the same. Sex is what you […]