Opinion

Published
March 1, 2023

Commentary: Maine needs more high schoolers to pursue higher education

A shortage of teachers leads to a shortage of college students. A shortage of college students leads to a shortage of teachers. We must break this dangerous cycle.
Published
March 1, 2023

The Maine Idea: About history and Biden’s reelection bid
Published
February 28, 2023

Maine Voices: Putin’s war in Ukraine requires us to maintain a difficult balance

We must continue to fight and to resist domination, at the same time that we keep seeking an alternative to arms and to annihilating one another.
Published
February 28, 2023

Commentary: Gov. Mills outlines bold energy vision in State of the Budget address

Let’s start using the vast, clean and free resources of wind and solar to provide our electricity while creating good jobs for Mainers.
Published
February 28, 2023

Clarence Page: Toxic disasters attract toxic politics, and Donald Trump

While Biden’s administration had no visible presence at the Ohio derailment scene, Trump and his fellow Republicans came and campaigned to the ‘forgotten’ Americans who Democrats need to win again.

Published
February 28, 2023

Sen. Eloise Vitelli: Doing all we can to grow Maine’s workforce
Published
February 28, 2023

Dick Polman: Electing judges is sleaze incarnate
Published
February 28, 2023

Elwood Watson: Depression and the expectations of men
Published
February 28, 2023

Rep. Allison Hepler: More and better data can protect lobstering and right whales
Published
February 27, 2023

Commentary: ‘I never asked to join this club,’ says Jennifer Siebel Newsom after Weinstein sentencing

The filmmaker and California governor’s wife, who has accused the ex-mogul of rape, released a video Thursday referring to herself as a repeat trauma survivor. Now victims of sexual violence have a new ally.