Columns

Published
December 5, 2023

Opinion: NRA and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine should support gun licensing

These laws, proven elsewhere to be effective, do not infringe on Second Amendment rights.
Published
December 4, 2023

Commentary: To properly help homeless people, Portland must be focused on cooperation

To suggest that the private sector is somehow enabling the community's antisocial tendencies – while the city is doing its level best – is inaccurate.
Published
December 4, 2023

Another View: Embattled high schoolers are running out of time

Pandemic-related learning loss is resulting in a wave of students leaving school unprepared for either college or the workforce – greatly increasing their risk of unemployment, poverty, depression, even early death.
Published
December 3, 2023

Commentary: A proposal for humanitarian intervention in Gaza

The only way for this intervention to occur without U.S. forces becoming embroiled in land-related dangers is for it to come from the sea.
Published
December 3, 2023

Commentary: PUC will do a rigorous job with the public’s help

We will continue to hold utilities accountable. We want to hear from you in the process.

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Published
December 3, 2023

Jim Fossel: Let the buyer beware

The average business we patronize is big – and getting bigger. The downsides of that can be steep.
Published
December 3, 2023

The Maine Millennial: The thin blue line has melted into a puddle

Law enforcement failed us before and after Oct. 25.
Published
December 2, 2023

Commentary: Do 70,000 people really need to be at a climate confab?

If meetings like COP28 are to be constructive in the future, then they’ll need to consider bloat.
Published
December 2, 2023

The humble Farmer: A multifaceted case for multigenerational living

I can identify with the young people today still living with their parents – sort of.
Published
December 1, 2023

Commentary: Kevin McCarthy isn’t ignorant of history; it’s worse than that

The former speaker was repeating political propaganda in the service of historical erasure – an American affliction.