U.S. schools must place more importance on that ideal – that each student has dignity and worth – than on college placement.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: Let our son’s overdose death be a lesson
Will Gates was a competitive skier and top student, but that wasn’t enough to save him.
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Maine Compass: Mandating private, public insurance coverage of abortion doesn’t accord with Maine values
L.D. 820 would end more lives at a time when our state’s leaders should be focused on saving them.
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Roger Katz: Republicans must speak up against bigotry
If we don’t condemn bigotry when we see it, the GOP’s big tent isn’t going to be holding many people much longer.
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George Smith: Basketball’s lifelong lessons
The annual high school tournaments are big, exciting and unforgettable.
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Maine Voices: After Christchurch attack, a call to prayer – and to action
Reject extremism, reach out to your neighbor and resist ‘us versus them’ rhetoric.
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Commentary: Gov. Mills’ budget raises concerns about unsustainable taxes and spending
There’s little room in the $8 billion-plus proposal to accommodate the unexpected.
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Commentary: Treat far-right terror as the threat it is
The deadly attacks on two New Zealand mosques should draw attention to an obvious fact: Terrorists linked to the far right are no less murderous than the Islamist groups that get more headlines and attention from politicians. Western governments shouldn’t be fooled by the skewed headline count; watching white supremacists should be a priority — […]
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Amy Calder: Niece honors aunt who died in Norridgewock domestic violence
Crystal Lancaster Mulherin is raising funds to help those affected by domestic violence, nearly one year after her aunt, Marie Lancaster-Hale, was murdered at her home in Norridgewock.
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Greg Kesich: Making privilege look like merit
The college admissions scandal reveals a small piece of a corrupt system that reinforces inequality.