America seems to have forgotten the meaning of the term. What we have instead freezes discussion and fosters discord.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Hilary Koch: It’s time to celebrate women’s basketball
The debate over the women’s Final Four was in the wrong place.
Maine Voices: Consider Jesus’s preferred pronouns
In Maine and elsewhere, transphobic legislation seeks to enshrine a dangerous and unorthodox notion of religious freedom.
Maine Compass: The rest of the story on Maine’s pregnancy centers
On March 23, this newspaper chose to publish an opinion column headlined “Tom Waddell: Maine’s crisis pregnancy centers only serve to deceive” that, ironically enough, was meant to deceive it’s readership, taint the great work and reputation of Maine Pregnancy Centers (MPCs), and spread ill will toward them. What’s equally disturbing is the KJ’s lack of […]
Maine Compass: Learning and growing from Christianity’s history of antisemitism
Every year during Holy Week, we Christians face a problem. The Gospel narrative that tells of the death of Jesus attributes blame to the Jews instead of the Roman authorities who were the ones that actually charged Jesus with insurrection and hung him on a cross, a Roman method of capital punishment. Because of these […]
Maine Compass: Peace, joy and reflection on Easter weekend
“Surely it is God who saves me, I will trust in him and not be afraid “For the Lord is my stronghold and my sure defense, and He will be my savior!” — Isaiah 12:2 Like a good wine, it takes time, perhaps a lifetime, to learn to trust our higher power and not be […]
Commentary: Maine’s alternative utility market experiment has been a failure
AARP Maine supports the Office of the Public Advocate’s call to repeal the program that allows retail electricity marketers to compete for residential customers.
Douglas Rooks: To get past Trump spectacle, first, we must disenthrall ourselves
Sen. Susan Collins’s already famous response to Donald Trump’s indictment — “I don’t know what to make of it” — speaks for many, especially the news media. Despite the incessant chatter about the 2024 presidential race — who’s in, who’s out, who’s ahead, what the hourly polls say — the way forward seems cloudy, if […]
Commentary: If the U.S. wishes to halt flow of asylum seekers, it must make an effort to prevent war
Once war starts, very few countries have been able to quickly recover. President Biden’s latest immigration proposals seem to ignore that fact.
Maine Voices: Greatness in women’s basketball? It’s nothing new
Women athletes have been dazzling on the court for over a hundred years.