Chasm between liberals and conservatives growing, with fringe elements taking over.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Freedom for Hobby Lobby’s religion, but not everyone’s
Hobby Lobby also wants to teach your children about the merits of a literal interpretation of the Protestant Bible.
Take time to read Snowe’s ideas about how to move US beyond partisanship
People interested in the future of our country will be fascinated by the research, statistics and recommendations.
Politics would be oh-so-much better if politicians followed eight principles
Respecting others, listening just two of tenets to live by.
Corporations have right of personhood without having personal responsibility
Supreme Court’s three women all say ‘religion a characteristic of natural persons, not artificial legal entitites.’
Only the worst lawbreakers warrant costly incarceration
Ken Cuccinelli & Deborah Daniels
Local paper makes a change
Improvements to the newspapers and websites will keep coming as we find new ways to sell our product.
Left-lurchers use ‘tea party’ as epithet to brand some Republicans as dangerous
Have Mike Tipping, or any other journalist reporting on the tea party, ever spoken to a tea party activist?
Bowdoin College makes headlines for institutional arrogance
Remaining true to Christianity apparently is something that the super-tolerant can’t tolerate.