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.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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.
We need heavy dose of positive thinking to win tomorrow’s jobs
At a time when we should be pulling together, we’re pulling apart, consumed with partisanship, pessimism, anger and excuses.
‘Champions for Children’ reveal society’s soul through their work
The stories out of the Maine Children’s Alliance awards ceremony show the state is in good hands.
Communities, just like people, need help to recover from trauma
Waterville has begun to pull itself back from the low point represented by Hathaway Mill’s closing in 2002.
What’s the point of living a long life if you’re deprived of bacon, hot dogs?
Even people who don’t eat processed meat won’t live forever.
Health care can’t help but be harmed when the human touch is lost
Medicine has surrendered its autonomy and become an employee of the monied interests.