Opinion
From the opinion desk: Make your voice heard – join the Press Herald’s reader panel
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The Maine Millennial: No snow tires? No problem!
In which a snowy hill is conquered with the help of the kind of Mainer we all know and love.
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Jim Fossel: Change has come to Maine GOP. Or has it?
Real transformation or mere facelift? Joel Stekis and his contemporaries get to decide.
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Letters
Don’t be taken in by wind and solar energy
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Letters
Capitalism’s basic structure needs to change
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Letters
Letter to the editor: Wind bill a win-win-win
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Letters
One compelling alternative to a national sales tax
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Letters
King Pine wind farm stands to be a crowning glory
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Letters
Our public schooling is not ‘one-size-fits-all’
Our View: This is what it takes to open a warming shelter?
Portland has to be capable of mobilizing to protect the homeless before there's no choice left but to do it.
Maine Voices: Clicking and scrolling will do nothing to improve our world
Our phones divide us. Our two-party democracy divides us. And I'm having a hard time feeling optimistic.
Commentary: Republican tax proposals aren’t as bonkers as they sound
Abolishing the IRS is not a good idea, but a flat levy on consumption is a good starting point if the goal is to shrink the budget deficit.
The Maine Millennial: We have to acknowledge hard truths about pregnancy
Supporting a ban on abortion at an arbitrary gestational age means forcing women to give birth to babies they will have to watch die.
Jim Fossel: Nothing should be off table in debt ceiling negotiation
What can the White House give that will satisfy Republicans? Plenty.
Leonard Pitts: Time flew, didn’t it? Now it’s time for me to fly off, too
Thank you, readers, for every word of encouragement and constructive criticism along the way.
The humble Farmer: You know what they say. God helps those who …
Our new aide has energy enough to meet even The Almost Perfect Woman’s household standards.