Siobhan Brett

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Published
August 28, 2022

Commentary: Biden’s debt cancellation won’t end the student loan crisis

Congressional action is still needed to reform the way the government funds higher education.
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August 28, 2022

Jim Fossel: Beware the bond-funded Maine job initiative

Both voters and politicians act as if bonds are piles of free money flowing from rainbows. Would that it were the case.
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August 28, 2022

Insight: As the United States gets less religious, is it also getting more selfish?

According to a new study, rumors of the death of civic engagement at the hands of yoga have been greatly exaggerated.
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August 28, 2022

Maine Observer: Why I keep coming back to a town in Oxford County

Year in, year out, I take a sentimental journey to and throughout Rumford, where I once was surrounded by family.
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August 28, 2022

Our View: No longer just a crisis but an indefensible failure

The more we neglect legal representation for people who can’t pay for it, the more painful the cost – social and financial – to the state of Maine.
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August 28, 2022

The Maine Millennial: My rescue dog, myself

My experience with Janey serves as proof that even the weird, scared and temperamental strays are worth a chance.
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August 28, 2022

Maine Voices: A New Yorker responds to *that* New York Post column

Last week, gossip columnist Cindy Adams bemoaned what she found to be a lack of fashion, a shortage of elegant stores and an excess of beer in Maine. Here’s what I have to say about that.
Published
August 27, 2022

Another View: Forgiving student loans is a costly mistake

Wiping out debt now will only encourage students to take out still-bigger loans in the future.
Published
August 27, 2022

Maine Voices: There’s no good reason to resent education loan forgiveness

I say this as somebody with almost a quarter of a million dollars in student debt – which I plan to pay back.
Published
August 27, 2022

The humble Farmer: Memories are made of music and long-ago favors

On singing along to songs from the 1940s and recalling kindnesses extended to those in tractor cabs.