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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Despite Trump, renewable energy capacity now exceeds coal’s
You probably didn’t notice, but April marked a threshold for the nation. For the first time, our capacity for creating electricity from renewable sources crept past that for coal. Yes, that’s a good thing. Not good enough, mind you, to save us from the worst effects of climate change from global warming, but it’s further […]
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Commentary: Foreign election meddling is wrong, Mr. President
It was extraordinary to hear a U.S. president declare that the FBI director is “wrong” for saying that candidates should report to the FBI — as the law clearly intends — any effort by foreign agents to aid a political candidate by passing along opposition research. President Donald Trump does not understand the value of […]
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Saco Rep. O’Neil: We need a bold plan to combat the opioid epidemic
A small excise tax paid by manufacturers of opioids would help pay for addiction treatment and prevention.
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Maine Compass: Let workers become co-owners
Insource Renewables in Pittsfield is an example of how employee-owned businesses can prosper.
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Maine Voices: LGBTQ people have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go
Pride is the time to celebrate the rights that have been won and gather the strength to fight efforts to take them away.
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Maine Voices: During this bike-riding season, let’s look out for one another
State law gives cyclists the right to choose what they consider to be a safe position as they ride.
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Bill Nemitz: Hey neighbors, why are asylum seekers just a ‘Portland problem’?
As a wave of newcomers arrives from the Mexican border, it’s time for other communities to step up.
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Commentary: Trump’s thuggish border policies aren’t working
Two nuggets of information from the federal government last week paint a stark portrait of failed government policies toward migration. Despite President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed approach — belligerence, threats, tariffs and mass detentions designed to dissuade would-be immigrants from trying to cross the border and enter the United States — apprehensions exceeded 144,000 people at […]
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Maine Voices: Anti-‘Medicare for All’ industry group doesn’t serve patients’ interests
Partnership for America’s Health Care Future members benefit from the status quo – but nobody else does.