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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Businesses must shoulder fair share of the cost of quality child care
If parents and educators tell companies that they need to pitch in, everyone will benefit.
Saying goodbye to The Maine Children’s Home
Retiring from The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers is both exciting and very emotional — an end to more than four decades of work benefiting Maine families, children and the community as a whole.
LePage should resign to save Maine the ignominy of impeachment
The state is too weary to face the prospect of another three years of irrational acts of its chief executive.
We need a president who has America’s best interests at heart
Neither the Republican nor Democratic frontrunner is anywhere close to being capable of handling the job.
Judges don’t need all-black robes to impress
Judges’ robes, which are cousins of those worn by ministers and academics, weren’t always black.
DHHS chief says editorial represented a political agenda, not facts
The reduction in people receiving food stamps was spurred by a common-sense policy requiring work, volunteering, or job training, Mary Mayhew says.
Hot 2015 words reveal an ‘-ism’ nation obsessed with identity
For some, the top contender is emoji — and it’s not even a word.
Maine’s entire court system, not just probate, needs an impartial review
The courts regularly get poor grades in surveys, but the oversight process of judges is inadequate.
Sharing our love of Maine with a sixth-grader from Indiana
Responding to a student’s request for information about our beloved state.