If a spoiled child concocted a federal budget proposal, it’d look a lot like the one Biden just unveiled.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Commentary: Who lived here until Europe showed up on the shore?
I walk the land in Westbrook and think about all that colonizers attempted to eliminate – and how little evidence of that is on display.
The Maine Millennial: Hello Tinder, my old friend
Men of Maine: I mustache you some questions.
Commentary: An immigration parable in Portland’s West End
How deeply strange to celebrate the years-old arrival and assimilation of people while struggling with the arrival and assimilation of people today.
Maine Voices: We have a duty to remove the many barriers to people with disabilities
The most simple willingness to listen and adapt makes a world of difference.
Commentary: Hope for Maine’s fishing industry in the form of a waterfront bill
The legislation would allow land trusts to play a role in the protection and preservation of working waterfront property.
Maine Compass: Maine should renew Pine Tree Development Zone Program to power economic growth
If 2023 is to become a year of economic growth in Maine, the state’s economic leaders need every tool in their toolbox. Whatever can be done to bring businesses and jobs to the Pine Tree State should be done. As the head of FirstPark, one of Maine’s leading business parks, I work to open our […]
Commentary: Biden finds border question isn’t ‘pretty simple’ after all
The administration is testing the waters to see just how angry its most progressive allies will get.
Commentary: Maine’s social workers deserve more of our support
There are more social workers in our state than psychologists, psychiatrists, professional counselors and family therapists combined. Let’s start acting like it.
Ben Bragdon: Budget from House Republicans would devastate Maine
The plan, unveiled last week, has no chance of passing as it is. But it says a lot about the people putting it forward.