Multi-pronged strategies are needed to keep people off heroin, and to treat them after they’re addicted.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
How a Somali community could help save Maine’s economy
Attracting new residents to the state isn’t just a godsend but an economic imperative.
High-tech corporations take the low road to cheaper labor
Sen. King be advised: Betraying the American STEM worker is not ‘growing the economy.’
Religious extremism, violence threaten visions of peace for major faiths
Well-known leaders of Catholic, Jewish and Muslim religions to participate in discussion about the future of our world.
Bye, Jeb Bush. Hello, Marco Rubio.
Florida senator won last GOP debate in stunning fashion, while former Florida governor crashed and burned.
Good, bad news about climate change
Carbon Fee and Dividend is a market-based solution that corrects the failure of the market to properly assign the costs to society of burning fossil fuels.
Allow inmates the power of a pen
Yes, many have made bad choices, but we must not ban them from writing to the outside about their experiences.
Maine hospitals once again tops in quality
They’re also working hard to address the other two goals of Triple Aim: improving population health and reducing per capital cost of health care.
It’s my obituary, and I have just a few rules for it
In the wee hours of the morning, I get some ideas of things I don’t want to be in my newspaper eulogy.
With state lottery, Maine is a ‘shark’ preying on poor, unlucky ‘fish’
Odds of winning lottery jackpots — and online fantasy sports — are bleak, but offer hope to the state’s poorest residents.