Alice Knapp
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Service year would give Americans a strong sense of shared citizenship
Voluntary, but socially expected, service would give added value to citizenship.
King hides need for transparency behind need for insurance
Hiding Affordable Care Act particulars in ‘tortured’ writing helped ensure its passage.
Under horrifying law, government can just take people’s money, property
Government self-interest has corrupted a crime-fighting tool into an evil.
Finally, a test that pushed me over the edge
Lack of sleep plus back spasms and suddenly ‘Who’s Crying Now’?
Congress dishonors veterans by dodging war debate
Capitol politicians won’t risk political inconvenience that might result from sanctioning or denying Obama’s actions.
Without doctor’s aid in dying, woman with MS died ‘by degrees’
She used the only way to end one’s life legally in most of United States: starving herself to death.
Maine needs to fix crowded ballot problem before next vote for governor
Our current system doesn’t work well when more than two candidates are on the ballot.