The recent ‘redlisting’ ignores that, for 25 years, Maine lobstermen have been playing by the rules – and those rules have worked.
Siobhan Brett
Staff Writer
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Time for a new, inclusive plan for students with disabilities
Planning to violate children’s rights today with a promise to make it up to them tomorrow is not a plan for equal access to education.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A history of the ‘Big Lie,’ from Plato to TikTok
The development and circulation of great national myths has been going on for centuries.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: Very good times on the Victory Chimes
I spent the summer of 1958 on the wooden schooner, which is up for sale next month. Diary entries remind me of the ‘best job I ever had.’
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Mercifully, the U.S. Constitution is not based on the Bible
Elected officials like Missouri’s Josh Hawley seek to impose their beliefs on school curricula, equal rights, bodily autonomy and other issues.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Consider a peaceful devolution of America into several nations
Could it be that there are limits to growth? Four interesting books light the way.
Posted inElection 2022, Op-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Enough is Enough has it wrong on the referendum questions – and the DSA
The claim that Portlanders should blindly reject any and all ballot initiatives is absurd. Enough is enough, indeed.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Fetal personhood’ has a whiff of medieval theology
Recent anti-abortion arguments exhibit a fanatical desire for irrevocable distinctions around personhood and bodies.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Anti-immigrant ‘campaign’ reaches flamboyant new low
The shameful ferrying of migrants up the East Coast reduces men, women and children to political pawns.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Student mentorship is key to workforce development
In Maine and nationwide, only about 10 percent of students receive mentoring through their high schools. Here’s why we should boost that number.