Smear campaigns and déjà vu Russia-baiting for anyone who dares mention defense cuts won’t stop me.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Compass: No better time to remember than on Veterans Day
He was my high school history teacher forty years ago.I called him recently, just to talk. His name is Dave. True blue, dutiful, realistic and well-read; 101st Airborne, 1st Brigade in Vietnam, he saw combat July 1965 to July 1966. He inspired us then, does today. No better time to remember than on Veterans Day. […]
Gina Barreca: The special bond among veterans: Knowing what it means to serve
Those of us who have never been in the military don’t understand what it is like to serve in the military. My father never wanted to talk about the war. A waist-gunner and radioman on a B-24, he was unlike some other veterans from the neighborhood who traded stories about the places they’d been and […]
Maine Voices: Honor your fellow veterans by accessing your earned benefits
If you raised your right hand, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services is honored to give you the best support and care we can provide.
Jim Fossel: There’s room in the center for immigration reform
While there is deep disagreement on the partisan extremes, most Americans would support sensible reforms to increase legal immigration.
The Maine Millennial: Mainers are in danger without Violence Against Women Act
There is no shame in being a victim of domestic abuse, but there are plenty of people who should be ashamed for causing or enabling it.
Roger Katz: Sen. Collins, please stand up for Dreamers
All that Dreamers have contributed to our country, and more, is now in peril.
Sen. Matt Pouliot: Women are thriving in Maine’s economy
One measure of progress for women in our state, the “gender wage gap,” has improved significantly over the last eight years, and Maine’s rank has jumped to 15th best in the country. Though we have made significant progress, we have not yet eliminated the gap and there is certainly more work to do to improve […]
Bill Nemitz: Grassroots effort brings people together to talk – and listen – across the political divide
Make Shift Coffee House, honored last week with a national civics award, promotes mutual respect over partisan animosity.
Tom Waddell: Religious freedom vs. privilege
There is a difference between religious freedom and religious privilege. Neither Jay Ambrose nor Attorney General William Barr showed they understood the difference: Ambrose in his recent op-ed column, “William Barr is right about religion,” and Barr when he spoke at University of Notre Dame. Christian nationalists —conservative Christians working to make their religious beliefs […]
 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				
