You don’t need to have bad intentions to cause real pain for native people fighting for their culture.
Greg Kesich
Portland Press Herald opinion columns from Greg Kesich.
The View From Here: Blind spots in home DNA tests
Ancestry analysis is interesting, but it can’t measure the power of chance, history or love.
The View From Here: Fresh starts in a new year
Like Maine’s new governor, many Mainers are recalling the times when they set off in a new direction.
The View From Here: Collins faces a choice on Trump
As the political center keeps shrinking, the Maine senator can either reject the president’s brand of Republicanism or own it.
The View From Here: Don’t ask for whom the bus stops
If the people who believe that public transit is a solution to many problems don’t use it, who will?
The View From Here: No mystery to ranked-choice vote
Bruce Poliquin and his supporters are inventing problems when they just have to count to two.
The View From Here: One flaw in the plan: Winning
The Trump team’s contacts with Russia don’t seem as mysterious if you remember that they expected to lose.
The View From Here: Close enough to home, finally
Sometimes you go looking for the good life, and sometimes, if you’re lucky, the good life finds you.
The View From Here: Health costs headed for a crisis
When ‘the lucky ones’ pay more each year for insurance that covers less, something’s got to give.
The View From Here: Paul LePage no fan of Maine
Governors usually say their state is the best place on earth, but ours just tells us what he doesn’t like.