Americans do not value life. Our ongoing failure to put children over gun ownership makes that clear.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Will the Nashville shooting inspire action? Past waves of American violence did.
Previous surges in violence called forth multi-pronged, common-sense movements to address the bloodshed. This response is what we need now.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Transition to green energy impossible without the right grid
Our grid systems are totally inadequate for the task ahead. Not that you’ll hear fossil fuel interests complaining.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans must make life difficult for Democrats
When it comes to responding to the state budget process, many options are open to the minority party in Augusta.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine response to PFAS amounts to regulatory overreach
Regulators underestimate the cost of implementing PFAS regulations and fundamentally misunderstand the complex nature of these compounds.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Let’s not squander our chance to expand passenger rail
Restoration of passenger service from Brunswick to Waterville and Bangor will confer a wide array of economic benefits.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Will Maine always be a high-tax state?
Now that Maine has the resources to cut taxes, Democrats should join Republicans in following through on the commitment to doing so.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Teacher shortage demands money more than innovation
Some of the latest proposals to tackle the lack of educators in Maine sidestep the most effective known solution: raising pay.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: No good will come from ban on flavored tobacco in Maine
Looking for a catastrophic policy failure? Look no further!
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Xi has been an apologist for Putin. Will he also be his lethal arms supplier?
If the answer is ‘yes,’ it would dramatically change the dynamic of the war in Ukraine.