State fisheries officials have their lines mixed up.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine Voices: Teacher shortage stems from lack of respect
How do we attract college graduates to the profession when the committed educators working now continue to be denigrated and underpaid?
Commentary: Corporate statement sounds good, but it means little
Only the most extraordinarily dogmatic and doctrinaire would suggest that corporations are responsible only to their shareholders. So, when a group of giant corporation CEOs this month proclaimed that companies owe a duty to all “stakeholders,” of course it marked a step forward. But let’s be real about why this happened and how little it’s […]
Maine Voices: It’s about time for top CEOs to grasp that firms can do well by doing good
The recent pledge of social responsibility is no silver bullet, but it’s a welcome step in the right direction.
Commentary: The EU can push Bolsonaro to save the Amazon
French President Emmanuel Macron dropped a bombshell on Friday: His office said France is opposed to the ratification of the European Union’s latest big trade deal, with the Mercosur group of South American countries, because one of the group’s members, Brazil, has shown a lack of commitment to preserving the Amazon rain forest. The deal, […]
Noah Feldman: The Senate will be fine without the filibuster
Democrats are talking seriously about ending the legislative filibuster once and for all, effectively changing the number of Senate votes required to pass a bill from 60 to 51. The result would be a transformation in the way the U.S. Senate has operated for well over a century and a half. This may seem like […]
Maine Voices: Bearing witness to a child detention facility
Standing on ladders in a hot Florida swamp, activists deliver a message of love to detained minors.
Maulian Dana: Many still silenced after women got the vote
Native Americans in Maine did not achieve full suffrage rights as citizens for many years after the right to vote was extended to women in 1920.
Mavis Longfellow: Can’t we do better?
We all know a lot of good people — caring people — in every age bracket. Most youngsters and young adults deserve praise and inspire pride. Parents want their children to grow up to be law-abiding, productive, good citizens. That said, the fact remains that we have a huge problem with crime — drugs, numerous […]
Another View: Mainers have no obligation to sign people’s veto petitions
No one should support a position with which they disagree just to send the question to the voters.