Ranked-choice voting can help take some of the nastiness out of our political system.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Steven Kahl: The Electric Economy is the future
We need to replace fossil fuels with the use of renewable to power our houses, cars and more.
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Maine Voices: Election reform bill will provide antidote to voter disillusionment
Making Maine a presidential primary state and expanding ranked-choice voting will restore faith in the process.
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Greg Kesich: ‘I’m not a racist, but …’
What do we call someone who benefits from a system of racial preference? The AP Stylebook is not much help.
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Jim Fossel: Local-option tax wrong direction for Maine
Stuck in the minority, Republicans can only call attention to the overreach by the Democratic majority.
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Maine Voices: In the face of climate change, workers need access to intertidal property
A recent ruling should spur towns to incentivize the availability of land for commercial access.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Democratic candidates are misleading their voters
Let’s get this clear at the start: The Electoral College is not going away. The Constitution’s provisions for selecting Supreme Court justices are not going to change. And candidates who suggest they can change them are misleading the voters they are wooing. That’s not an endorsement of the current election system, which has produced two […]
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Gina Barreca: You’re as good as your words
Rambling speeches and bad writing litter our lives. If talk is cheap, it’s because the supply usually exceeds the demand. But the best words, the right words, fit snugly enough to keep out windy disquisitions. We each treasure certain words, jingling them in our imaginations like rare coins. We store them up until we can […]
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Caribou police chief: Voluntary home visiting programs deserve continued support
As a father and grandfather I’ll be the first person to tell you that babies don’t come with instruction manuals. Despite the decades of joy I’ve experienced as a dad, I remember many days when I felt a lot of stress and many moments when I wondered if I was up to the job. Fortunately, […]
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Maine Compass: CMP corridor’s climate claims don’t hold up to scrutiny
The Maine DEP should do an independent review of the proposal’s impact on greenhouse-gas emissions.