In response to Betsey Timm’s thoughtful piece on innovation in education (Maine Voices, “Innovative education will prepare Maine’s students for the future,” Aug. 31): Although her call to innovation is certainly an essential component of educating the future Maine work force, it must be balanced by a broader perspective on the purpose of an education. […]

After more than a year of public fighting, the agency needs a period of steady leadership.

The state has better uses for its money than trying to speed up a likely negative decision.

– The recent news about the possibility that nonprofit Mercy Hospital will be acquired by a for-profit chain owned by Cerberus Capital should raise red flags all over Maine. With the possible exception of Eastern Maine Health System’s flirtation over the sale of a few renal dialysis centers to the for-profit Da Vita Dialysis Center […]

As night follows day, so does fall follow summer. And after fall comes … oh, forget it.