Building the capacity for dialogue requires mutual respect, care, a deep sense of curiosity and the courage to speak up and to learn from others. We need more of all of these qualities.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: The national debt is getting spookier
We always spend freely when a crisis comes along, and we never tighten our belts when it’s over.
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Sen. David Woodsome: Drop in reading and math scores should serve as wakeup call
Maine parents, teachers, school boards, and administrators have the opportunity to bridge the learning gap created by the pandemic.
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Maine Voices: How to vote ‘correctly’ (as in, not regretting your choice later)
Ideally, your vote reflects your beliefs, and your candidate will do what you hope and expect. It’s regrettable, then, that we often don’t know what we’re getting.
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Maine Compass: The Republican case for Jared Golden
Whether you agree with him on everything or not, Golden is the type of person that we need in politics today.
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Douglas Rooks: Inflation not the problem we think it is
Rather than yesterday’s polling, we might focus on what really matters to us — and where Congress can have a major impact.
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Commentary: Criticism of Maine State Chamber of Commerce on PFAS undeserved
An extension of the PFAS reporting deadline will have no impact on the original intent of the legislation.
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Maine Voices: Where is the serious discussion and reasonable compromise?
We are increasingly incapable of respecting the right to disagree. That has grave consequences for democracy.
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Maine Compass: The Kennebec River belongs to all Mainers, not just Brookfield
The first four dams on the river are not worth the harm they cause to the Kennebec and the entire Gulf of Maine.
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Commentary: A little help on parsing inflation from New Hampshire’s Sununu
What we’re confronting today is primarily global; not just fueled but also fired up by the supply chain shutdown during the worst of the pandemic.