Removing CO2 from emissions or directly from the air should be part of any plan to fight climate change.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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George Smith: A summer’s worth of Maine reading
The columnist suggests a series of books from local authors.
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Maine Voices: Student progress is stalled by shortage of social workers
Poverty, hunger and family trauma will interfere with a child’s education if they are not addressed.
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John Kass: Democrats should be blaming themselves
There must have been a point in the Robert Mueller hearings when the big thinkers of CNN and MSNBC curled up on the floor in fetal positions and began breathing into brown paper bags, trying to remain calm. Breathe. Collusion. Breathe. “Did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime.” Breathe. […]
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The Maine Millennial: Sen. King – don’t reverse course on Franken
King was right the first time: There is no excuse for sexual assault, and no excuse for joking about it.
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Jim Fossel: What to expect from the Legislature in 2020
The short, election year session is typically a time for the majority party to consolidate power, not promote radical change.
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Cass Sunstein: Mueller kept his eye on the ball
Throughout his testimony in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, and despite multiple efforts to divert him, former special counsel Robert Mueller was focused on just the two issues that were the topics of his official report: Russia’s interference with the 2016 presidential campaign and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Both […]
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Maine Voices: Mills’ stand on fishing rules praised by lobster industry
Rules designed to protect whales should be related to the real causes of whale entanglements.
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Gina Barreca: Re-examining Thomas Paine
My favorite Founding Father has gotten me into trouble recently. What’s worse, by many he’s not even considered a real Founding Father. Don’t panic: I’m not about to birth an illegitimate nation. But I am re-reading Thomas Paine, and I’m a fan. That’s tougher than being a fan of George Washington or John Adams, who […]
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Jonah Goldberg: Unity can be worse than partisanship
I want to put in a good word for partisanship. This might sound strange to some readers. I’ve written a lot about our problem with tribalism, including hyper-partisanship and political polarization. It was a major theme of my cheerily titled book “Suicide of the West. So I’m happy to concede that too much partisanship — […]