Immigrant students need mentors and role models and adults need alternative pathways to credentialing.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Tom Waddell: Religious vaccination exemptions put others at risk
Prohibiting these exemptions does not violate religious freedom.
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Commentary: Help Maine’s hometown hospitals
By passing L.D. 1350, the Legislature can stop imposing unnecessary financial hardship on vital rural facilities.
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Commentary: Keep public school options open for Maine children
Caps on the number of and enrollment at charter institutions would restrict opportunities to learn.
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Another View: Smith wrong on CMP project
Columnist George Smith frequently and effectively describes climate risks in his columns. But now he describes the New England Clean Energy Connect power line as a disaster that no one who loves Maine should support (“The Central Maine Power project is wrong for western Maine,” April 17). Everyone who loves Maine should support it because […]
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Maine Voices: Baseless narratives about Jewish secrecy, power gaining ground – even here
A synagogue gunman’s anti-Semitic statements represent an ideology that’s being articulated with increasing volume.
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George Smith: ‘So grateful for all this’
ALS is a frustrating disease, but the columnist is living life to the fullest with some help from his friends and family.
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Maine Voices: Recognizing the stakes, young people leading the fight for climate justice
Those who have caused or enabled catastrophic carbon emissions won’t live to endure the crisis.
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Amy Calder: May is just a breath away
After all the April rains, we can look forward to sun and May flowers.
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Maine Compass: Early education helps Maine, and the military
In March, I was honored to testify before the Maine Legislature in Augusta on the benefits of voluntary public pre-kindergarten. I testified as a private citizen, father, grandfather, former teacher, and retired U.S. Army general. My purpose in testifying was to draw a connection that to many, including state leaders and public policy makers, may […]