Politics, not public health, drives how people respond to the COVID crisis and yields predictable results.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Senate race gets serious this week
All four candidates for the U.S. Senate – yes four – will debate for the first time on Friday.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: True grit – from public housing to a scholarship that bears her name
Local housing authorities, normally associated with putting a roof over low-income Mainers’ heads, help ‘break the cycle of poverty’ by way of a college education.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: When back to school feels like Russian roulette
Colleges and universities are taking a big risk by reopening while the coronavirus is still spreading.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
AFL-CIO: This Labor Day, let’s work to elect a pro-labor senator
Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins has supported policies that hurt Maine workers and their families.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Mainers can face COVID-19 head-on, or they can hide behind God
The Sanford preacher at the center of Maine’s worst pandemic outbreak promises the ‘pestilence’ will be smote from on high.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine needs to repair its child welfare system again
Overuse of foster care has traumatic effects on children and families.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Grandmother would know how to face this pandemic
A member of a practical generation that didn’t complain, this writer’s grandmother would have met the crisis head-on.
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George Smith: Real Mainers never throw anything away
Clothes, books, fly rods – we can’t seem to part with any of them.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Inmates need to prepare for life after prison
Maine should have more pre-release centers where prisoners can develop skills that they will need once they leave custody.