Let’s expand the market for local farms and food producers and treat those who grow, sell and serve our food as essential.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Commentary: Free press is necessary but not enough to sustain a democracy
It’s becoming clear how much elected officials have embraced coverups and silencing as a strategy to manage the COVID crisis.
Maine Compass: Don’t grant immunity for providers during outbreak
No one wants frivolous lawsuits, but it is important to hold nursing homes and other medicals providers accountable when they make errors.
Maine Voices: Don’t buy the ‘coronavirus lawsuit’ hoax
Most Maine businesses are acting responsibly and they are obeying the law – which is the best immunity one can get from a lawsuit.
Maine Compass: Why we need cleaner air
The coronavirus-related shutdown is showing us what happens when one kind of air pollution goes away.
Another View: Many thanks to our newspaper carriers
There are so many people working behind the scenes to make our time at home safe and comfortable. Here’s a tribute to two of them.
Maine Voices: Will we still all be ‘in this together’ when the crisis is over?
The coronavirus pandemic exposed inequities in our schools that won’t be cured with a vaccine.
The Maine Millennial: A waiting game for those of us unemployed by COVID
Relief is slow in coming for the people who have lost their jobs as a result of the global pandemic.
The View From Here: The message of the mask
Showing that you care for the wellbeing of others has been twisted into a cause for pointless rebellion.
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills should work with Maine Republicans on economy
In times of crisis, leaders need to bring people together, not drive division.