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Maine Voices

Published
August 1, 2023

Maine Voices: Are heat pump consumers getting the benefit of federal, state incentive programs?

While I don’t begrudge installers getting a share of the opportunity created by both strong demand and government support of heat pumping technology, rebates are for consumers.
Published
July 31, 2023

Maine Voices: How the Farm Bill can help solve climate change

Farming of all sorts contributes to and suffers from climate change, but there is a lot that we can do to reverse that.
Published
July 30, 2023

Maine Voices: Let’s turn Androscoggin courthouse into fine arts museum

The move can have wide-ranging positive effects on the community, from cultural enrichment and education to economic growth and historic preservation.
Published
July 30, 2023

Commentary: On anniversary of their founding, we must recognize value of Medicare, Medicaid

About 50% of Mainers benefit from these programs, but we still have far to go to improve our health as a nation, including improvements in life expectancy, preventable hospitalizations and infant mortality.
Published
July 27, 2023

Maine Voices: Joining Zero Foodprint has changed my life as a small-business owner

Their model is to pay farmers to practice regenerative agriculture to sequester carbon, which is good for the soil and for the climate.

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Published
July 23, 2023

Maine Voices: The real reason people are packing up and leaving blue states

The initiatives of the progressive left sound good – until the bill comes due.
Published
July 21, 2023

Maine Voices: Finding and telling my own stories, with my first editor as my guide

My grandmother wrote beautifully throughout her life; when she died, I turned to her memoirs for guidance.
Published
July 19, 2023

Maine Voices: Nationalism is kryptonite to the left. It shouldn’t be.

Consider a Democratic commentator’s case for embracing two civil rights leaders’ 1966 Freedom Budget, born out of a belief in the fundamental goodness of America.
Published
July 18, 2023

Maine Voices: On Nelson Mandela Day, reflect on the need for reform of our prison system

A 'best we can do' attitude is used justify mass incarceration in our country, a cycle of cruelty marked by poor results.
Published
July 17, 2023

Maine Voices: How to avert another four years of President Donald Trump

The only certain path to keeping Trump out of the White House – and the scary scenarios that could ensue – rests, yes, with voters.