opinion

Published
April 4, 2023

Dick Polman: ‘How is this still happening? How are our children still dying?’
Published
April 4, 2023

Commentary: Maine must stop trying to bypass Supreme Court decision on schools

The outcome in Carson v. Makin made clear that such religious discrimination in our education system must end. Why hasn’t it?
Published
April 4, 2023

Commentary: Republicans could regret attacking Trump’s indictment

Suggesting the indictment never should have happened – without knowing the details – implies that the former president should be treated as being above the law.
Published
April 4, 2023

Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true

Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
Published
April 3, 2023

Another View: Industry needs government to step up in battle against climate change

Unless U.S. policymakers step up their game, the future looks shaky for some basic building blocks of the economy.

Published
April 3, 2023

Commentary: Protect women athletes? Show me the money

Laws requiring equal financing and equal pay for men’s and women’s teams would benefit dozens of women athletes at USM and Bowdoin – and thousands nationwide.
Published
April 2, 2023

The Conversation: Trump’s indictment stretches U.S. legal system in new ways — a former prosecutor explains 4 key points to understand
Published
April 2, 2023

Our View: Attempts at book banning must be shut down

The national campaign to harass and censor school librarians has no place in Maine.
Published
April 2, 2023

The Maine Millennial: The state of Maine needs my taxes more than I need a tax cut

If you think you’ll never need government assistance, know that life has a way of throwing curve balls at you.
Published
April 2, 2023

Siobhán Brett: Response to Trump indictment an indictment of our politics

The hush money indictment is historic. That doesn’t mean it will be significant. Or positive.