Last minute compromises on utility regulation and the Good Samaritan law make Maine better able to meet its challenges.
Greg Kesich
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Anthem not telling the whole story in Maine price dispute
A $136 bag of saline is a sign of a bad system, not price gouging by MaineHealth.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine lawmakers missed chance to fix indigent legal aid
While the state clings to its unique criminal defense setup, people are being denied their constitutional rights.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Federal judge shows agenda in mask mandate case
In matters of public health, the opinion of an activist jurist with a dictionary shouldn’t carry more weight than a team of scientific experts.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s local governments need not rush to spend federal COVID aid
The coronavirus pandemic will have long-term effects, and the response should also have a long horizon.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Lewiston’s proposed shelter moratorium is unacceptable
Lewiston’s mayor calls opposition to efforts to help unhoused people ‘a waste of time.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Putin’s anti-gay agenda digs in close to home
Right-wing Christians are pushing the same freedom-killing laws that took root in Russia a decade ago.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: When clotheslines in the dooryard boom’d
A house with laundry flapping in the breeze sends an important message – somebody’s home.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: For U.S., it’s time to stand with world war crimes court
The U.S. has had an uneasy relationship with the International Criminal Court, which would prosecute atrocities in Ukraine, but that shouldn’t stop us from supporting it now.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Take it from me – don’t get COVID
But the Maine CDC’s Dr. Shah says that we can look forward to better days of living with a virus that has dominated our lives for two years.