We’re taking major steps backward in both economic freedom and individual liberties.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Voices: Restitution bill shows progress in juvenile-justice reform
A new state law will help ensure that financial obligations will not haunt juveniles well beyond their involvement in the system.
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Maine Voices: Trump administration’s efforts to save coal are a slap in the face to humanity
Fossil fuel-driven climate change will have a particularly devastating impact on the poor and on future generations.
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Commentary: A year after Janus, many Maine public workers are still unaware of their rights
A new website aims to inform government employees about workplace freedom and organized labor’s efforts to undercut it.
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Commentary: Don’t claim to be inclusive of ‘everyone’ if you don’t want Trump supporters
Our society is sharply polarized for a bunch of reasons, but one that sticks out in my mind is the prevailing sense of righteousness. You see it all the time in online debates — the other side isn’t just mistaken, it’s deficient, or venal, or immoral, or even evil. Exhibit A is the new policy […]
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Maine Voices: Pay-it-forward reciprocity is key to a civilized, abundant future
Our culture has rarely been as pessimistic as it is today – but the hell into which we’re descending isn’t inevitable.
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Bill Nemitz: Former Gov. Baldacci, a board member, hides from questions about CMP
Democrat John Baldacci, now a corporate leader for Central Maine Power’s parent corporation, has little to say about the company’s mistreatment of its customers.
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George Smith: Take time to visit Downeast Maine
It’s a little out of the way, but it’s worth it.
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Maine Voices: Children – and battery electric school buses – are our future
A new federal bill will help districts get the resources they need to provide tens of thousands of young Mainers with healthy air to breathe and a safe ride to school.
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Commentary: Regulation needed in ‘anything goes’ CBD environment
Years ago, I was a leukemia patient and bone marrow transplant recipient confronting an extremely difficult decision: Do I continue down an uncontrolled, life-threatening spiral caused by “wasting syndrome” (persistent and potentially fatal weight loss), or do I try an unproven, unregulated, illegal and potentially toxic approach — cannabis? My oncologist was reluctant to make […]