We must continue to fight and to resist domination, at the same time that we keep seeking an alternative to arms and to annihilating one another.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: If only a constitutional housing provision could provide homes
A spiritual gesture is no match for Maine’s material crisis. Plus: Why UMaine must proceed cautiously with remote learning.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Lent is about embracing as much as letting go
We are now in the liturgical season of Lent. Lent involves readjusting our priorities and passions for something beyond the moment, greater than the immediate, and altering our mindset. Most people are familiar with the traditions of sacrificing indulgences and self-satisfying behaviors. But Lent is more than what we let go of or do without. […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: What exactly does it take to be president?
If you’ve got it, we want documentation.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Mainers are missing the climate change target
Maine could have outsize influence on U.S. climate policy, if we only chose to direct our efforts toward meaningful federal reform.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Adrift after a breakup, I’m thinking about my grandmother
Lois Fleming did not wallow. So although I’m sad, at least this time around, I’m in my own home, where everyone is older, wiser and now completely housebroken.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The first year of war in Ukraine has defied predictions
Whether because of his isolation, his stubbornness or his delusions of grandeur, Vladimir Putin has placed the country he loves so much into an extremely difficult position.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Efforts to protect Maine children from lead poisoning are working
The work of a host of individuals and groups has succeeded in cutting rates of lead poisoning by half in a 10-year period. Let’s move the needle further.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Outcry over King email to Twitter predictably overblown
The sending of the email isn’t as serious as those presenting it or promoting it would have us believe.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: We need more than one type of federal budget cut
It’s a fantasy to presume that we can slash federal spending without touching Social Security or Medicare. But we can – and should – make defense spending more efficient.