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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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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George Smith: Bring back the Kennebec River Initiative
The river is a treasure, and should be treated like one.
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Maine Voices: Rejection of Green New Deal overlooks urgency of ‘massive changes’
We must think big when it comes to climate change and legal and economic equality – but Congress, including Susan Collins and Angus King, doesn’t grasp that.
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Maine Compass: Commission working to update land-use planning for rural Maine
Old rules will not protect wildlife habitat, rural economies and outdoor recreation as development pressure mounts.
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Commentary: Lowering Maine’s estate tax exemption would further shift tax burden to middle class
Proposals to broaden the state levy would slash investment in our workforce and economy.
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Greg Kesich: Government should not be rule by ‘basically one guy’
Trump’s moves on health care and border security override important safeguards built into our system.
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Commentary: Asylum laws exist for people like G
I met with G, an asylum seeker from Honduras, in a large open space at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, last month. As a volunteer attorney working with immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it was my job to help her prepare for her initial asylum interview. First, though, I […]
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Commentary: The Trump approach to health care: Break it and figure out the rest later
While the frenzy in Washington, D.C., continued over Attorney General William P. Barr’s summary of special council Robert S. Mueller III’s findings — the calls for “reckoning” and “payback,” the new, dueling probes pushed by House Democrats and Senate Republicans — the Trump administration quietly did something to remind us why Democrats are so eager […]
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York police chief: Investment in home visiting will improve public safety in Maine
Two bills before the Legislature will help ensure that more children grow up healthy and prepared to lead productive lives.