Humanity has a choice to make.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Why is Biden risking an early loss to RFK Jr.?
Small hits to a president’s reputation can add up over time.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: U.S. surgeon general takes aim at toll inflicted by loneliness
Isolation can be as harmful to one’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling addressed a simplistic sound bite; plenty of real problems remain
American education has a long history of exclusion, and fixing that just got a lot more complicated.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Dilly-dallying Legislature shows scant regard for Maine taxpayers
The shoddy practice of waiting until the last minute to vote on controversial bills seems to worsen every session.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Bombing Mexico to stem fentanyl supply is a terrible idea
Further militarizing what is an already overmilitarized war on drugs will not give us different results.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Beware ‘the Maine stare’ and what it implies
For whom is the welcome mat rolled out? It’s time Mainers got real about the answer.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Not knowing where new nurses will come from is no excuse for no new nurses
The proposal that would introduce nurse-to-patient ratios in Maine is one of the few interventions that can repair perilous working conditions for nurses.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Like it or not, let’s keep talking about the Maine weather
People know their backyards and the many changes that they’re seeing this rainy summer. What’s more, they care.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Bidenomics has been a boon for working-class voters. Why don’t they give him credit?
Opinion polls still show that the president gets low marks for his management of the economy, which is actually doing fine.