An open letter to Sappi employees: On Tuesday morning, I called a meeting with the senior leadership of the Sappi mill to let them know that the mill isn’t going anywhere. Now I want you to hear it directly from me too. The Sappi mill is critical to Skowhegan, the surrounding region, and the state […]
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Community Compass: Support helps our neighbors in recovery
In the winter of 2018, a new family moved across the street from me. A month or two later, a lot of late-night car traffic at the family’s home gave great concern to neighbors, who contacted the police and began submitting anonymous tips to the Augusta Police Department. The neighbors, including me, speculated that the […]
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Maine Voices: Still cynical about changes in child care workforce – please prove me wrong
Early childhood education won’t be high-quality, affordable and well compensated until and unless it is part of the common good, just like public school.
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Douglas Rooks: Building a nation in the sand
In a classic display of hubris, America tried to use military might and foreign aid to create a democracy.
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Commentary: Why colleges should invest in civic engagement
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Maine Voices: Vaccine mandate for health care workers doesn’t go far enough
The governor’s order is a step in the right direction but it’s still too easy to avoid.
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The View From Here: Jared Golden playing a dangerous game
Renegade Democrats say they are promoting an infrastructure deal, but they are actually endangering it and much more.
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Jim Fossel: Poliquin enters a new world in race for his old seat in Congress
Events of the last few years, from COVID to Jan. 6, will force the candidate to run on more than his record.
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Insight: America’s reckoning with Indian boarding schools
When coming to terms with the history of a destructive policy, the nation needs to be guided by accountability, not pity.
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The Maine Millennial: The war’s not over, and neither is the killing
Our disastrous Afghanistan pullout has endangered the lives of the people who made our 20-year occupation possible.