Symbols matter, and a flag itself should be a symbol of unity.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Can DeSantis go too far? Not for Florida. Maybe for America
Voters down here seem to crave his culture wars. I don’t believe the same can be said for the rest of the country.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Parallels between invasions of Iraq and Ukraine
Twenty years ago this month, the United States began a war in Iraq based on false claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. According to a March 20 report from Democracy Now, which featured Iraqi writers Sinan Antoon and Feurat Alani, that war left behind up to 2 million Iraqi people dead, mostly civilians; 8 […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Apply a surcharge to fossil fuels
A recent Associated Press article (“Alaskan oil project adds yet another climate concern,” March 14) highlights an important factor in the struggle to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil fuels. Regardless of how much green renewable energy is introduced into the market, as long as fossil fuels are subsidized and underpriced, dependence on (aka “addiction to”) […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Pain management gravely misunderstood in Norris case
The charges against Maine pain management and addiction specialist Dr. Merideth Norris by the federal government have resulted in an extreme and immediate chilling effect upon the pain community, creating an untenable situation for her patients and for every patient in the state who is reliant on opioid analgesics for pain management. Physicians are realizing […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: More and more businesses are resolved on climate action. Good.
Businesses in Maine as elsewhere must adapt and transition to thrive in the future.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Give young psychiatric patients somewhere to go
Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Bill targeting preferred pronoun use in schools will have impact outside the classroom
Who is L.D. 678 for? Who is being protected? Whose rights are being upheld? Moreover, whose are not?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s girls and nonbinary youth deserve to be listened to
Young people can themselves steer our state through the youth mental health crisis – providing they have our full attention and our support.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine made me the scientist I am today
An opportunity to learn and work alongside professional ocean researchers as a high school junior, without any cost to my family, changed my life for the better.