Pulling into someone’s driveway can be life-threatening today – and not for the homeowner. It wasn’t always like this.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: We do not need to shoot to protect ourselves
America has given itself an anxiety disorder. Guns should not be in the mix.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Open the windows again to the avian audience
Was it the owl who was gone all winter? Or was it me?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine must urgently change the rhetoric about education
At one time, our state leaders talked about enticing the ‘best and the brightest’ into education. We have since strayed dangerously far from that vision.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: To counter neo-Nazis and their ilk, Portlanders must organize
The goal of groups like NSC-131 is to scare people. It’s a shame for them that I’m more angry than I am afraid.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: While you can’t always get the college you want, life gives what you need
As the parent of a high school senior who applied to about 15 schools, the past month has been excruciating.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Gorham connector project can stamp out traffic’s ills
We must use as many tools as we can to change course on traffic congestion west of Greater Portland. That includes new road capacity.
Posted inOpinion
Commentary: On many fronts, Maine Democrats are fighting for equity
The pandemic laid bare inequities that for too long have gone unchecked. We’re working hard to repair them.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Here’s why E. Jean Carroll’s case against Trump is so damning
The former president’s defense has big problems. For the charges to be proved true by ‘a preponderance of the evidence’ seems likely.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: How would Mainers vote on background checks now?
We should be able to go to church or the grocery store and not have to wonder whether we’ll make it home safely.