We’re keenly aware that there’s no farm-to-table dining – at our restaurants or anywhere else – without farms.
Siobhán Brett
Opinion editor
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Continuing to fight for justice
Maine’s legal system has consistently opposed DNA testing that might exclude him as a perpetrator, Dennis J. Dechaine says.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The Twitter experience is surprisingly hard to replicate
Concerned about a spike in hate speech and other troubling content, users of the social network have been leaving in droves. The question is: Where to?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Biden shakes up presidential primaries for the wrong reasons
The president’s decision to move things around – out of self-interest – could backfire for Democrats.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Ten years after Sandy Hook, it seems to me that little has changed
We lose an entire kindergarten classroom a week to gun violence. When are we going to put an end to it?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Becoming a father changes the brain – for the better
According to a new study, new dads’ brains form connections to adapt to new experiences linked to empathy and visual processing.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Congress must get the child tax credit over the line
Across Maine and the U.S., the credit lifted 2.9 million children out of poverty last year. Any program capable of doing that is one that must be reinstated.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Former President Trump has healthy political prospects
In order to grasp the entirety that is Donald Trump, Democrats need to take into consideration their own actions for the past seven years. Their focus has been less working for the people, and more the microscope under which they have placed Donald Trump. Moreover, and strangely, no one in the fake two-year Russian collusion […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine PFAS reporting law skips over science for politics
A ban on these chemicals by 2030 simply makes fewer products available at far more cost for every Maine household.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Maine’s casinos must protect guests by screening for weapons
Maine’s two casinos do not include screening for weapons at all, which really shocked me. Anyone who has attended a Portland Sea Dogs game, Cross Arena show or an event at the Merrill Auditorium are all quickly screened through metal detection. When I asked about screening, I was told the management doesn’t feel it’s necessary […]