Our senior senator tells us again and again she is “concerned.” But her actions speak louder than her words.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
The words ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ have outlived their usefulness | Opinion
I think it’s time to turn away from labels and focus on each individual’s personal qualities, which tend to tell us far more about who they are.
I can’t afford 6 more years of the same U.S. Senate. Bring on Platner. | Opinion
Ignore all the negative hoopla about Platner and focus on reality. I can’t afford six more years of the current U.S. Senate — and I know I’m not alone.
Nuclear energy in New England, once unthinkable, now indispensable | Opinion
The region’s growing demand for electricity combined with the dramatic improvement in nuclear technology makes it an idea worth exploring.
Rick Bennett could defeat Bobby Charles. He could also make Charles governor. | Steve Collins
A three-way gubernatorial race allows one candidate to torpedo another. That makes me nervous for Maine.
Do Trump and Susan Collins share Frances Perkins’ vision of society? | Opinion
The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire made it clear that the first female Cabinet member believed we owe each other some minimum care. Where is that standard today?
Housing will require public, private and community partnership in Maine | Opinion
Consider what’s possible when public resources, community leadership and private financing align.
The fight against Alzheimer’s should not be a partisan fight | Opinion
If we can manage to keep politics out of it, we have a chance, now, to turn the tide against the disease.
Remembering Persephone, a cat of doglike loyalty | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
Our feline companion has, sadly, passed on to the next of her nine lives.
Maine’s Dempsey Center shows the way on supportive cancer care | Opinion
This approach treats the whole person, not just the disease.