The high cost of college education and rabid animals both get the columnist’s attention.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Deborah Sanderson: Mainers deserve relief from Big Pharma price hikes
Residents cannot wait another year for lower drug prices.
Another View: Retail jobs provide career opportunities
The Editorial Board shouldn’t have criticized the broad range of jobs filled by 80,000 fellow Mainers.
Maine Compass: Give ‘we, the people’ control of our state’s vital infrastructure
Electricity, water, banks and the internet should be in the hands of the public, not corporate interests.
Maine Compass: K-12 schools lagging in fulfilling two-decade-old Wabanaki studies mandate
Other schools should follow the lead of Portland Public Schools in carrying out the law, and state education officials should prioritize its implementation.
The Maine Millennial: Collins should answer for Pharma donations
Maine’s senior senator is among the many lawmakers who have taken campaign cash from the companies that promoted opioid use.
Commentary: Cracks showing in NATO
There are really only three ways NATO could end: • The United States, NATO’s most powerful member, could walk away. • Europe, led by one of the continent’s larger and more ambitious nations, could break off to try and fend for itself. • Or an outlying member could throw a wrench in the alliance’s decision-making […]
Greg Kesich: What happens after work?
As retirement gets closer, it becomes even harder to imagine.
Jim Fossel: Looking ahead to the Republicans after Trump
Whether the president leaves the scene soon or in five years, the party will bear his stamp.
Another View: Memories of Dec. 7, 1941
We must not forget to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor.