Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: As 2024 election ramps up, parties must seek statesmen for candidates
We’ve seen the impact on our country of a president who peddles deceit, brews trouble and incites hostility.
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Maine Compass: Along with gun ownership should come great responsibility
The process to buy a gun should be more rigorous.
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Commentary: Protect women athletes? Show me the money
Laws requiring equal financing and equal pay for men’s and women’s teams would benefit dozens of women athletes at USM and Bowdoin – and thousands nationwide.
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Commentary: Maine response to PFAS amounts to regulatory overreach
Regulators underestimate the cost of implementing PFAS regulations and fundamentally misunderstand the complex nature of these compounds.
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Commentary: Transition to green energy impossible without the right grid
Our grid systems are totally inadequate for the task ahead. Not that you’ll hear fossil fuel interests complaining.
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Commentary: The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial
The NRA’s biggest achievement has been defining the ownership of firearms as a distinctive form of social identity.
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Siobhán Brett: Response to Trump indictment an indictment of our politics
The hush money indictment is historic. That doesn’t mean it will be significant. Or positive.
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Siobhán Brett: Response to Trump indictment an indictment of our politics
The hush money indictment is historic. That doesn’t mean it will be significant. Or positive.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: The state of Maine needs my taxes more than I need a tax cut
If you think you’ll never need government assistance, know that life has a way of throwing curve balls at you.