The USMCA will create a level playing field for our exporters, protect our local workers and give small businesses more access to Canadian and Mexican customers.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Another View: Editorial unfair to charter schools
Your editorial on Aug. 20 (“Virtual charter schools didn’t live up to the hype”) starts with a fallacy: No one ever said charter schools were going to “fix” what was wrong with public education. No one ever sold school choice as an elixir that would magically cure some of the systemic issues in our public […]
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Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins, with our democracy at stake, this is no time for dodgeball
There’s no getting around it: President Trump’s call to Ukraine crossed a dangerous – and impeachable – line.
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Commentary: Get rid of nuclear weapons
Sept. 26 is International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, a day designated by the United Nations to draw attention to one of its oldest goals: achieving global nuclear disarmament. It is also the original founding mission of my organization, Physicians for Social Responsibility. Nuclear weapons make us less, not more, safe. Since […]
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DHHS commissioner: Maine’s mental health system needs work – and it’s already begun
We are working to improve prevention, care delivery and crisis treatment. Meanwhile, our public psychiatric hospitals are making progress.
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Douglas Rooks: Transportation solution is simple, but not easy
Ultimately, we can’t maintain a viable road system without raising more money.
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Ramesh Ponnuru: Democrats – Americans won’t pay your carbon taxes
Much has been made of the willingness of Democratic presidential candidates to risk taking positions that aren’t popular with voters at large in order to boost themselves in the primaries. Democratic politicians and strategists are aware that most people don’t want to see private health insurance banned, for example, but such leading contenders as Sens. […]
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George Smith: Get involved, stand up and speak out
Maine gives its residents plenty of chances to voice an opinion.
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Another View: Republicans have good ideas on health care
An editorial was wrong to blame GOP policies for increasing the ranks of the uninsured, when the real problem is the seriously flawed Affordable Care Act.
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Commentary: More policymakers should support Maine’s leaders in addressing bone health
Stepped-up screening and treatment will ease the toll of osteoporosis, both personally and economically.