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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
Don Roberts: In search of the Republican soul
The party has to stay true to its fundamental beliefs in order to protect the country.
Maine Compass: Beaver Deceivers allow people, nature’s engineers to go with the flow
It’s not ecologically sound to destroy thousands of these delightful animals by deeming then nuisances
Tom Waddell: The hidden cost of religious privilege
Christian law firms are taking cases for “free,” and taxpayers are footing the bill.