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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Insight: 1919 – The year Maine women won the vote
The victory of the suffragists began a century of struggle for equal rights, a job that is still unfinished.
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The Maine Millennial: Roaming the aisles in a ‘name-tag job’
Hard work for not much money is a way of life for thousands of Mainers in the retail sector.
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Maine Compass: No, the United States is not going ‘too far left too fast’
People are pushing a false narrative, as the country moves markedly to the right politically.
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Commentary: The moon calms us in anxious times
On summer nights I like to go outside, if only for a couple of minutes, and watch the moon. I think of it as watching not looking. The word “look” feels static. “Watch” applies to things in motion and the moon always seems to be slyly shifting shape, forever teasing: You may see me but […]
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Rep. McDonald: Federal rules would hurt lobstering, but do little for whales
A policy that involves both United States and Canada and focuses on the right whale’s migration patterns would do more to prevent entanglements.
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Gov. Mills: Aiding asylum seekers also helps Maine economy
Enabling municipalities to extend food and shelter to immigrant families now will help solve our workforce shortage tomorrow.
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Douglas Rooks: On taxes, good intentions are not enough
Lawmakers must confront a tax system that is skewed toward big corporations and the wealthy.
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Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins, ever fearful of Trump, teeters on the tightrope
Once a self-professed occupant of the political middle, Maine’s senior senator is fast running out of maneuvering room.
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Commentary: Douglas Brinkley on JFK and America’s grand, improbable race to put men on the moon
Sure, now it’s old hat — the moon, yeah, been there, done that. But 50 years ago, the very thought, let alone the sight and the sound, of two human beings setting foot onto another celestial rock? Well, that took almost more imagination and more guts and more science than we could get our heads […]