Public health protocols may have led to limited attendance in houses of worship, but for many the need for prayer has grown.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans should hold the line on new spending
The supplemental budget now under consideration should not be used to permanently expand the size of state government.
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Through heart failure, stroke and transplant, a young mother powered on
Tiffany Dunn of Westbrook will celebrate this Mother’s Day like none other.
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Commentary: Beachfront ownership lawsuit challenges Maine Law Court errors
It remains to be seen whether Maine courts are willing to correct legal and scientific mistakes of the past.
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Commentary: Let’s do what’s fiscally responsible and will save lives – pass L.D. 1090
The bill will help more people access Maine’s progressive treatment program for mental illness, promoting their recovery and cutting costs to taxpayers.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: How to vaccinate humanity against COVID – one at a time
A single patient is filled with enough gratitude to make even the toughest clinician humble – and honored.
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Commentary: Resistance to good clean-energy projects harms Maine’s economy, climate progress
Summit’s abandoned midcoast pipeline expansion was the one viable way to lower emissions from the region’s larger energy users.
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Bill Nemitz: Introducing Maine’s license plate game – potty-mouth edition
Behind a bill prohibiting nasty vanity plates lies a deeper question: Who would even want one?
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Commentary: National Nurses Day cause for celebration – and action
Through a workforce shortage and COVID, Maine’s nurses have guaranteed high-quality care to their patients. Thank them – and encourage others to join their ranks.
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Maine Compass: Anti-hydro is bad science, and won’t address climate change
The assertion that Canadian hydropower reservoir emissions are comparable to fossil fuel is false, writes a former PUC commissioner and an analyst for Hydro-Quebec.