We can’t keep ignoring social media’s harmful effects on the mental health of young people. Across the world, regardless of skin color or language, people are suffering from mental health problems that are linked to the age at which they got their first smartphone or tablet, according to a new report from Sapien Labs. The […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: The climate crisis is Maine’s storm of the century
But with the Mills administration’s four-year climate plan and much-needed support at the federal level, we’re ready to meet this moment.
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Commentary: Solar power is driving up electricity rates for no good reason
To continue to move forward with legislation that incentivizes and subsidizes these resources is irresponsible at best and negligent at worst.
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Noah Feldman: Biden has no power to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling
If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, can President Joe Biden somehow borrow more money to save the United States from default? The short answer is no. But that hasn’t stopped a group of Senate Democrats from urging Biden to act unilaterally by invoking the Fourteenth Amendment. Yet the stand-off between the president and […]
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The Maine Millennial: Community college changes lives
If you want to see the best expressions of pride and joy, get thee to a community college graduation.
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Hilary Koch: Vegas, baby. Vegas!
A trip to Sin City with her brother gets the columnist out of her house.
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Jim Fossel: In both Augusta and D.C., the Democratic Party is the party of runaway spending
Much apart from what it means for Americans’ bottom line, ruling out all tax cuts damages bipartisanship.
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Commentary: Maine’s war on drugs is nothing more than a war on people
My son Jesse Harvey dedicated himself to saving people struggling with addiction from a hateful and ineffective system. The rest of us have an obligation to continue this work.
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Commentary: The best way to deal with the debt ceiling: Ignore it
With two weeks left until the national debt ceiling is expected to be reached, precipitating a constitutional and economic crisis, House Republicans continue to insist that President Joe Biden cave in to their threats. The problem is that if Biden makes any concession as the price of raising the debt ceiling, it will encourage Republicans […]
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Commentary: Innovative bill will give Maine doctors new tool in mental health toolkit
Veterans, first responders, people with terminal illness and many others stand to benefit from L.D. 1914, which would create a psilocybin-assisted therapy program in Maine.