The 2024 State of the Union served as a reminder of how far standards have fallen.
Op-eds
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The Maine Millennial: Those who can’t cook … bake?
I’ve been assembling meals instead of cooking them for most of my adult life. It’s been a delight to discover that baking is assembly.
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Jim Fossel: A literal rainy day fund is a good idea
No matter your views on climate change, it’s hard to argue against a permanent disaster relief fund for Maine.
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Opinion: Older Mainers are at risk without Medicare Savings Program
Denying hundreds of people this valuable relief takes the state’s economy in the wrong direction.
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The Maine Millennial: Looking for a job is a full-time job
Maybe it’s not that nobody wants to work anymore, it’s that they don’t want to jump through the hoops of the application process.
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Opinion: Beachfront property owners should learn to chill
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court could be on the cusp of returning use of the state’s coastal beaches to the people of Maine. Whether or not that comes to pass, reason and basic civility should prevail.
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Opinion: The big winner in Michigan Democratic primary? The uncommitted voter.
Arab-Americans have come to know their political power and they are determined to exercise it.
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Jim Fossel: Campaign finance reform can’t be achieved with tweaks
Rather than imposing limits on political activity that only obfuscation, we need to reinvent the system.
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Opinion: Maine students miss too much school. What can be done?
We must profoundly change how we view the mission of education, focusing more on individuals and less on tests.
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Opinion: Department of Marine Resources must make fishery safer for whales
Where there is overlap of fishing gear and whale habitat use, there is risk of entanglement.