My experience with Janey serves as proof that even the weird, scared and temperamental strays are worth a chance.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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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.
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Commentary: Biden’s debt cancellation will help millions, but it won’t end the student loan crisis
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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Maine Voices: Youth vote will be critical to our climate response
As a scientist, I’d rather be working on graphs and describing solutions to the climate crisis. But upcoming elections matter.
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Commentary: Biden’s student debt cancellation is a welcome starting point
We can and should do more to relieve those struggling under this burden – and to assist the scholars of the future.
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Maine Voices: State grants, loans require a delicate balancing act
The Maine Technology Institute awards vital funding to businesses across the state – businesses like mine. Some of that information it can share, some it can’t.
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Douglas Rooks: Reflections on a smartphone and a giant tree
As Labor Day nears, let’s take some time to take stock.
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Community Compass: Waterville can ‘revitalize’ by lifting up its most vulnerable
A thriving community for all of us requires first and foremost that we act to lift the weight of poverty off the backs of those being crushed by it, a Waterville resident writes.
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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.
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Lynn Schmidt: The nation’s health may well depend on people getting to know each other again
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)