Siobhan Brett

Editorial Page Editor

Latest

Published
August 24, 2022

Commentary: Scientists love issuing warnings. Here’s one for them.

When it comes to both COVID and climate change, don’t condescend – suggest steps people can take that have a positive impact.
Published
August 24, 2022

Letter to the editor: Republican Party campaigning on message of fear, division

A registered Republican in Maine’s 1st Congressional District, I recently received a solicitation letter and survey from the Republican National Committee. Each is an affront to truth and the American way. They are culture war documents designed to seed fear, hate and division. Each ignores Jan 6. Republicans use AR-15s in their advertising, resort to […]
Published
August 23, 2022

Our View: Byzantine medical billing calls for narrow policy focus

As we explore the possibility of a new system, we owe it to ourselves to clear up the one we’ve got.
Published
August 23, 2022

Maine Voices: Let’s take a leaf out of California’s book on clean cars

The Golden State is expected to move forward with ambitious emissions regulation later this week. It sends a signal to the global auto market – and to states like Maine.
Published
August 23, 2022

Commentary: My students’ relationship with their phones makes me worry about their future

Heading into my 20th year teaching high school English, I’m more concerned than ever about how digitally dependent our teenagers have become.
Published
August 22, 2022

Letter to the editor: Collins, Manchin need to close Electoral Count Reform Act loophole

Though I am a Maine voter who often disagrees with the actions of Sen. Susan Collins in Congress, Collins’ efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act have my complete support. There is, however, one crucial improvement to the draft legislation that would close a loophole that, left open, could become the cause of considerable electoral […]
Published
August 22, 2022

Commentary: My search for balance in unbalanced times

Increasingly, I think I will opt for detachment by simply sitting out whatever comes next.
Published
August 22, 2022

Another View: With normal comments, Pence highlights how abnormal his party has become

It is stunning that it was major news for a top Republican to defend the FBI and call for cooperation with a congressional inquiry.
Published
August 21, 2022

Insight: A year after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban’s false promises have been fully exposed

American counterterrorism operations have done little to temper the brutality of life under Taliban rule.
Published
August 21, 2022

Maine Voices: Current electric vehicle rebates don’t fit the bill

Our state is incentivizing new EV purchases by higher-income drivers rather than helping others get old, inefficient cars off the road.