Steve Levesque
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
It’s time to integrate mental and physical health
Tens of millions of Americans who live with mental illness also suffer from a serious co-occurring physical condition. Because of this, many people with persistent mental illness die as much as 25 years earlier than the rest of the population, according to national studies. The research clearly demonstrates that such early deaths are, for the […]
COMMENTARY: The kids are all right after all
The news media likes to characterize today’s young people as risk averse, narcissistic, app-dependent, over-scheduled, entitled and “pornified.” Among the culprits are too much praise, not enough challenge, helicopter parents, cellphones and, of course, the Internet. But by many measures, young people are actually showing virtues their elders lacked. They have brought levels of delinquency, […]
Why Romney adds up to being the great right hope — again
Here it was the day after Thanksgiving, and I was stuffed to the gills with turkey. Wild Turkey, that is, because the liquor store was sold out of my favorite beverage, Olde Frothingslosh, “the Pale, Stale Ale with the Foam on the Bottom.” At least, that’s what the advertising used to say before any public […]