Coming to terms with cats, day care and men with beards is an ongoing challenge for a newcomer to the family.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Gina Barreca: You can watch only 10 movies for the rest of your life. What would you choose?
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Maine Compass: Tipping point on climate action likely to be later rather than sooner
History shows that in most cases, a destructive human activity is halted only after great harm has already been done.
Bill Nemitz: A Maine school, an election and an assault on democracy
The kids at Coffin School in Brunswick thought they’d elected a chickadee for their new school. They thought wrong.
Douglas Rooks: Are we ready for a McGovern moment?
Democratic contests almost always end with a moderate vs. a liberal.
Maine Compass: Maine conservatives should support land conservation
The bipartisan Land for Maine’s Future program is endangered by the toxic politics seeping into our political culture.
Commentary: For Maine trafficking survivors, a place of safety
The one-year anniversary of the state’s first shelter for sex exploitation and trafficking victims raises awareness of what we can all do to make a difference.
George Smith: Blessed to live here
Life in the columnist’s hometown provides a respite from today’s nasty, ugly, partisan world.
Hydro-Quebec: What ‘A Deadly Shade of Green’ got wrong
The report was neither accurate nor balanced, a company spokesperson says.
Maine Compass: Honoring the memory of the Holocaust
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, remember that the rise of fascism can happen again.