A group of University of Maine students find themselves on a multifaceted expedition this summer.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Swelling grocery bills are pummeling the poorest Americans
If you’ve long had to find all the savings you can, you’ll find there’s nowhere left to save.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Why are Portland property owners subsidizing wealthy Bostonians?
The outcome of the popular vote is unpopular in several quarters.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: College is a product fewer people want to buy
Traditional economics are fading from view (just ask UMaine). That’s not a bad thing.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Hardening’ school security is the wrong answer
It’s a euphemism that pays for other euphemisms. And no help at all to staff and students.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: If pols can’t make inflation better, they should at least stop making it worse
There’s a time for cutting taxes or distributing relief checks. Now is not one of those times.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another view: State bans may not be the final word on abortion
Clinics in half the country cannot handle the needs of the whole country – an array of legal efforts are motivated by that fact.
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Commentary: Nature shouldn’t be viewed as a sponge for our chemical lives
Our water is telling us that both our environment and our bodies have hit a limit with pollution. Are we listening?
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Dobbs resurrects the very worst of American ‘history and tradition’
The principles on which the Supreme Court’s judgement relies deserve to be left in the past.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine can lead on service programming – with congressional support
While state efforts are encouraging, says this state representative, national service and volunteerism need more funding to flourish.