Called on to offer much more than they did in the past, both are closing at a frightening rate.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Jeb joins fight club, forgets how to speak coherently
What’s good about Bush can’t be improved by undoing what’s good about him.
Funding for safer roads, stronger economy goes to voters Nov. 3
Many years of chronic underfunding have left Maine’s transportation system in rough shape.
Medicaid expansion could mean life support for small hospitals
Access to vital services is often a challenge for rural Mainers, particularly when it comes to health care.
Everyone can take part in efforts to reduce domestic violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month — a good time to learn more about abuse, its effects and what you can do to help.
Abandoning common sense, two of our top contenders are Trump, Sanders
If either of them is chosen, history will look back at us and say we were not guilty by reason of insanity.
How does anyone see a lion in a bunch of stars?
And why doesn’t ‘heartbroken’ describe a physical ailment instead of an emotional one?
Seniors, local economies win with support for affordable housing bond
Only one affordable senior housing property is under construction in the entire state of Maine — the 47-unit Hodgkins School project in Augusta.
Maine people owe Planned Parenthood nothing
Democrats seems to want to regulate every other organization, but they say any oversight of Planned Parenthood is off limits.
American military forces spread baseball all over the world
Following the steps of Roman gladiator games and England’s rugby and cricket, baseball became a legacy of war.