Columns
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Commentary: Why America’s schools are getting more political
The parties’ ways of discussing education reflect a larger difference in how they perceive social relations in America.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Clarence Page: In State of Disunion, Joe Biden wrestles with rowdy Republicans
President Biden’s raucous rivals turned themselves into props for his arguments to keep their hands off Social Security and Medicare, countering their painting him as too out of touch.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2023
Commentary: COVID emergency declarations are ending. But the health care worker crisis isn’t.
The pandemic has added to the shortage and burnout of health care workers. Still, cause exists for some optimism: For one thing, there is bipartisan interest in tackling this issue.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2023
Commentary: Mandate for group homes could devastate Maine’s recovery community
Requiring recovery residences to spend money on installing sprinkler systems means that far fewer will open and some will close – all amid an overdose crisis and a housing shortage.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2023
Commentary: Earthquakes killed over 23,000 people last week. Three men are partly to blame.
While an earthquake is an act of nature, it’s not too soon to ask what contribution three political leaders have made to the extent of the disaster.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Insight: Where’s our Pearl Harbor moment on climate change?
In 15 years, we could turn all this horror around. But we have to step off our complacent path, stop burning fossil fuels and start making moderate sacrifices.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Commentary: Aquaculture is fine, but corporate interests are pushing too far
Maine’s cold water, abundant forests of rockweed and talented workforce make it a great place for seaweed aquaculture. That does not mean a ‘roadmap’ of headlong intensification is in the state’s best interest.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Commentary: Caregivers deserve better from Maine Med management
The unannounced removal of certain forms of paid leave is extremely discouraging for a union willing to bargain in good faith.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Jim Fossel: Biden speech showed a president lacking focus
This year’s State of the Union would have done better to emphasize areas on which bipartisan agreement already exists.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
The Maine Millennial: Decriminalize drugs for personal use
We can either punish people who use drugs or we can keep them alive.
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