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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Douglas Rooks: Gov. LePage incapable of change
The governor continues to tell it like it isn’t, and the media goes along.
George Smith: The good old days for kids
When youngsters could work summers, they learned skills for a lifetime.
Maine Compass: It will take more than bullets to fix Afghanistan
Even if you don’t want to call it nation-building, the country needs help to get back on its feet.
Maine Compass: Hate and division will get Maine nowhere
America has seen this before, and we don’t want to see it again.
Maine Compass: Hate and division will get Maine nowhere
America has seen this before, and we don’t want to see it again.
Maine Voices: Robert E. Lee was a man of honor
Don’t oversimplify the character of a great general.
Jim Fossel: How do we win in Afghanistan?
President Trump made the right call by increasing the number of troops, but we still don’t know what victory looks like.
Maine Voices: Make no mistake, Mainers fought to end slavery
Gov. LePage’s contention that the Civil War was about property rights doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.