Women are close to achieving pay parity with men — until they have children.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
With its ‘minor’ scandals, it’s good administration had no ‘major’ ones
Veterans Affairs waiting lists, IRS discrimination, Fast and Furious are just some of what’s gone on in the last six years.
Are you as old as you look, or as old as you feel?
Hair, its color and quantity, is often a gauge of how people see us.
Discussion should begin on right to make one’s own end-of-life decision
As four Maine lawmakers draft death-with-dignity bills, both sides of the issue should be debated.
Proposed budget would hurt nonprofit children’s camps
Many camps own property valued at more than $500,000.
To be successful, anti-poaching efforts must focus on reducing demand
The birth of a rhino calf in South Africa gives conservationists some hope.
Note to governor: Maine’s attorney general doesn’t work for you
An independent chief law officer is part of our democracy’s system of checks and balances.
Obama’s themes of class warfare, wealth redistribution are dangerous
The surest way to destroy a country’s economy is for the government to control and confiscate the fruits of individual labor.
Fisheries & Wildlife tackles vital tasks with grossly insufficient funds
Sixty percent of all department revenue goes to law enforcement.
Children with dyslexia best helped early
Bill before Legislature would change how our schools deal with impairment.