With ‘100-year’ storms occurring far more regularly, we must seek to better understand nature’s phenomena.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Skip the news headlines and head for Canada | Opinion
Despite hostile rumblings from this side of the border, the people of the Canadian Maritimes welcomed me with open arms
Maine needs to brace for natural disaster | Opinion
Devastating flash flooding in Texas, New Jersey and Vermont remind us that the stakes couldn’t be higher.
How congressional Republicans quickly lost their way | Opinion
Fear and chaos can very effectively control behavior.
To protect Maine’s logging industry, Legislature needs to finish the job | Opinion
The passage of a permanent sales tax exemption for log trucks and trailers is an important step. It deserves funding.
Maine’s lobstermen must keep on v-notching | Opinion
Sustaining the practice of marking egg-bearing females and returning them to the ocean will secure our treasured lobster fishery.
When it comes to the national debt, there’s still no such thing as a free lunch | Opinion
We can’t maintain our years-long culture of ballooning debt for much longer.
Maine just took a historic step toward housing for all | Opinion
The Legislature and Gov. Janet Mills led the way on the issue.
Nice try, Big Auto. Mainers know a power grab when they see one. | Opinion
Opponents of the state’s Automotive Right to Repair law have it wrong.
Terrified by the reverberations of Trump’s big bill in Maine | Opinion
The bill is not just a policy failure, it’s a moral one.