To sustain recent progress, we must keep building housing for our service members and others struggling to find a home.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Commentary: On Veterans Day, recalling a time I will never forget
Amidst the unspeakable devastation and destruction in Nagasaki, we had a job to do and we did it.
Commentary: RSV is packing hospitals with sick kids, but it can be contained
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Francis Wilkinson: Republicans campaigned on fear. America didn’t buy it
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
Douglas Rooks: Mills has opportunity to change state, and herself
If Mills is to have the successful second term that’s often eluded her predecessors, she will have to shift course to remain in tune with her party, and especially its younger members.
Commentary: Our nation’s fisheries face a common enemy: climate change
The continued vilification of fishermen, government agencies, coastal communities as well as seafood producers and distributors misses the point.
Jonathan Bernstein: Only Republicans can rescue American democracy
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
Maine Voices: Working with immigrant high school students has changed my life
Call it what you will: The contribution by newcomers to our country is a profoundly enriching one.
Commentary: Don’t be fooled by myths of carbon in Maine, New England wood products
Despite its trendy greenwashed label, the success of lumber and wood products in storing carbon fails miserably to measure up to what living trees do.
Commentary: Politics is flooded with cash. Divert more of it to young campaign workers
If you’ve spent any time around political campaigns this year, you’ll have heard the stories. One candidate started field operations — knocking on doors, organizing volunteers, speaking directly with voters — months later than usual because the campaign couldn’t find anyone to take charge. Another had no press team until after Labor Day, despite being […]