Longtime Maine developer Michael Liberty got a presidential pardon last week, but his reputation remains in tatters.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Rep. Michele Meyer: Legislators should mask up to protect their communities
Leaders have a responsibility to do their work safely during the pandemic.
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The View From Here: America is not divided, but white America is
A cultural clash between white voters with and without college degrees explains a lot about the polarization of our politics.
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Commentary: How Biden can rebuild trust in our elections
An independent panel could quickly confirm the fairness of 2020 swing-state voting and counting, then recommend election-security improvements.
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Commentary: Removing 4 Brookfield Renewable dams would revive lower Kennebec, at-risk species
The fate of Atlantic salmon in the U.S. depends on restoring them in the Kennebec. Razing these dams would give the species its best chance at survival.
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Sen. Russell Black: Legislators are working for you in Augusta
Despite the upheaval of the pandemic, legislators remain dedicated to submitting bills and discussing new legislation.
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Commentary: 48 years after Roe, we’ll keep working for reproductive freedom
Planned Parenthood will strive to defeat attempts in the Maine Legislature to take away care or shame abortion patients.
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Commentary: Will Republican senators risk as much for democracy as Russia’s Navalny?
The opposition leader was poisoned by the Kremlin but has returned to Moscow to fight for free elections, as exiting Trump still lies that U.S. elections were rigged.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Soaring on ‘wings like eagles’ as we confront climate crisis
A new reason for hope: President Biden signs an executive order on his first day in office that ensures the U.S. will rejoin the Paris climate accord.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: The day America blessed itself
Nothing captured Inauguration Day more poignantly than the sight of a soldier in prayer.