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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Karen Heck: Our leaders are failing us
The people in charge are governing unimaginably bad. Voters have to remind them of the power of good governance.
Commentary: Terrorist or not? How should we talk about the Las Vegas shooting?
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Maine Compass: A tragic exodus of refugees from Myanmar reoccurs. Who will stop it?
Let’s hope that the Nobel Peace Prize winner who runs the country now puts an end to all the suffering.
Jim Fossel: Bad process dooms the GOP health care bill
Republicans should have remembered how angry they were when Democrats rammed through the ACA.
Betsy Sweet: Bill represents the best way forward for ranked-choice voting
L.D. 1647 would allow the system for next June’s primaries and federal elections, while giving voters a chance to amend the constitution.
Maine Compass: Working forest right for Katahdin national monument
An editorial in this newspaper missed the advances in logging, and how much it does to keep the forest healthy.
Portland officials should address health effects of wood-burning fire pits
The nonprofit Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment lists 17 reasons to ban wood burning.