Siobhan Brett

Editorial Page Editor

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Published
July 16, 2022

Commentary: Swelling grocery bills are pummeling the poorest Americans

If you’ve long had to find all the savings you can, you’ll find there’s nowhere left to save.
Published
July 15, 2022

Maine Voices: Why are Portland property owners subsidizing wealthy Bostonians?

The outcome of the popular vote is unpopular in several quarters.
Published
July 15, 2022

Our View: College is a product fewer people want to buy

Traditional economics are fading from view (just ask UMaine). That’s not a bad thing.
Published
July 15, 2022

Commentary: ‘Hardening’ school security is the wrong answer

It’s a euphemism that pays for other euphemisms. And no help at all to staff and students.
Published
July 14, 2022

Commentary: If pols can’t make inflation better, they should at least stop making it worse

There’s a time for cutting taxes or distributing relief checks. Now is not one of those times.
Published
July 14, 2022

Another view: State bans may not be the final word on abortion

Clinics in half the country cannot handle the needs of the whole country – an array of legal efforts are motivated by that fact.
Published
July 14, 2022

Commentary: Nature shouldn’t be viewed as a sponge for our chemical lives

Our water is telling us that both our environment and our bodies have hit a limit with pollution. Are we listening?
Published
July 14, 2022

Maine Voices: Dobbs resurrects the very worst of American ‘history and tradition’

The principles on which the Supreme Court’s judgement relies deserve to be left in the past.
Published
July 13, 2022

Commentary: Maine can lead on service programming – with congressional support

While state efforts are encouraging, says this state representative, national service and volunteerism need more funding to flourish.
Published
July 13, 2022

Maine Voices: I want my daughters to have the same choices as I had

The Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade forces me to revisit a painful – and until now private – part of my past.