Asking for restraint is futile, with any guidelines created unenforceable and likely to be ignored by most stakeholders.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: On Nelson Mandela Day, reflect on the need for reform of our prison system
A ‘best we can do’ attitude is used justify mass incarceration in our country, a cycle of cruelty marked by poor results.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine is the new Florida for climate migrants
There’s an opportunity here – if northern towns want it, that is.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: How to avert another four years of President Donald Trump
The only certain path to keeping Trump out of the White House – and the scary scenarios that could ensue – rests, yes, with voters.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Americans are moving to other states as they sort themselves by ideology
The busy moving vans represent a worrying trend.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Agency and hope needed to solve global warming
Tens of millions of people worldwide – many of them right here in Maine – are working on this problem in thousands of different ways.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Clinical trials are better at including women, but there’s a way to go
Critical differences between men and women get flattened when data is grouped together. That’s just not good enough.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Republican leadership bungled budget negotiations
Although party leaders say they oppose certain policies, they’re rarely willing to put up a real fight.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Life after affirmative action demands supercharged focus on diversity
I’ve learned just as much from a diverse community of peers at Bowdoin College as I have in class. We shouldn’t be trying to ignore our differences. We should be celebrating them.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Yes, a recession is still a possibility
Predictions of a ‘soft landing’ seem both premature and hard to square with some of the data.