One man’s hobby in the 1920s wound up becoming a cultural movement.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Only Mainers get to choose Maine’s next senator | Opinion
It doesn’t matter what the Democratic Party machine or a rival candidate (like me) thinks about Graham Platner. The only voice that matters is the voter’s.
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Take time to unravel the Platner plot | Opinion
Maine’s Democratic Senate candidate is likeable and exciting. That doesn’t mean we have to vote him in.
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Settling in with Sonny | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
My first joint project with my newborn child? You guessed it, feeding.
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For Democrats, it’s political posturing at any price | Opinion
The party has become so focused on winning moral arguments that it has forgotten how to win legislative ones.
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Canadians need reassurance before visiting Maine | Opinion
We need to know that Maine politicians will not cooperate with or facilitate the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine.
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Parties should be glad Maine voters have choices | Jim Fossel
We need leaders who can adapt, regardless of party or age. If that’s older candidates, fine. But let the electorate decide.
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Maine is being flooded by illicit vapes, kratom and more | Opinion
We can’t afford to look away from the proliferation of these substances or the criminal networks behind them.
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Graham Platner will restore power to the people | Opinion
Judge the Democratic Senate candidate on what he wants to do for Mainers now, not his past mistakes.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins
Jared Golden’s exit is an indictment of today’s politics | Steve Collins
Despite being faced with uncommon challenges, Maine’s departing congressman never lost the common touch.