Bill Caldwell was one of my favorite newspaper columnists, partly because he really focused on the Maine he and I loved. Bill wrote for the Portland Press Herald twice a week and for the Sunday Telegram on Sundays for 25 years, writing about 3,000 columns before retiring in 1991. He had spent seven years in […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: A public option is not enough – Maine needs universal coverage
A single state health plan would have greater bargaining power, control costs and improve Mainers’ health.
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Another View: When Congress failed, Maine stepped in on drug prices
Sen. Susan Collins and other politicians in Washington talk a lot about taking on Big Pharma – lawmakers in Augusta actually do it.
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CMP executive: Electric utility is committed to a transparent auditing process
Though a recent editorial said otherwise, the truth is that all three independent analyses of CMP’s billing system were thorough and meticulous.
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Maine Compass: Treat the opioid crisis with hope
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is fighting for resources to take on the crisis, a Maine physician and former legislator says.
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Commentary: ‘Sharpiegate’ and Trump’s unchecked presidential powers
When a White House Sharpie user recently doctored a National Hurricane Center map to expand the projected path of Hurricane Dorian to Alabama, media critics and the Twitter-verse exploded. Here’s proof positive, they said, that President Trump ignores reality and literally stretches the truth to serve his own political purposes and to stroke his own […]
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The Maine Millennial: Beauty so close you might miss it
Mountains, forests, beaches and starry skies are so plentiful here that we take them for granted.
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Jim Fossel: Presidential race could turn on Maine’s ranked-choice voting
In a close election, Maine’s voting system could consolidate the anti-Trump opposition in a way that will help Democrats.
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Maine PUC: Editorial mischaracterizes panel’s role in resolving CMP complaints
The commission cannot and will not prejudge decisions in any ongoing investigation or rate case of any utility.
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Bill Nemitz: Police did their job for a troubled veteran – now we must do ours
Maine has no long-term treatment beds for military veterans experiencing mental-health crises. That’s a crime.