A subpoena by the Maine Government Oversight Committee to obtain the DHHS records of four slain children highlights a conflict of interest between two branches of state government.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Voices: LePage an antithesis to Mills’ weakness and fecklessness
Does anyone really think Gov. Mills represents Maine’s best interests?
Maine Compass: Revitalizing Waterville should include addressing the housing crisis
Investment in the city’s housing stock will only help the city grow, but leaders have to act to get it done.
Commentary: A nightmare looms for Dreamers. Evangelical Mainers want our U.S. senators to act.
My faith compels me to speak out on behalf of those who are vulnerable.
Douglas Rooks: Doing public power the right way
Making huge expenditures for transmission and distribution wires may not be the best use of inherently scarce public funds.
Maine Voices: On childhood terrors and real dangers
Because the brinksmanship of the Cuban Missile Crisis played a large role in my childhood, I have a hard time thinking of nuclear annihilation as an abstract idea.
Commentary: More clean energy is coming to Maine. Where we put it matters.
The realities of climate change mean we must transition to renewables quickly – that doesn’t mean we can’t do it thoughtfully.
Tom Waddell: Your votes will determine whether we support public schools
Your vote in the November election will help determine if Maine continues its policy of funding private schools, thereby requiring Maine to fund private religious schools.
Maine Compass: Fifty years later, Muskie’s Clean Water Act should inspire us all
This October, we celebrate 50 years of the Clean Water Act.
Commentary: Disclosure of protected health information should not be a condition of sports participation
Keeping a person’s health information confidential is vital. As a pediatrician, I am ethically and legally bound to protect the medical information of my young patients, and I take that duty very seriously. My patients and their parents count on it. A Florida school district recently made headlines over concerns that teenage athletes were being […]