The government gets a cut of everything, but we’re still not meeting our commitments.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Children’s books offer life lessons
James Holzhauer recently took “Jeopardy” by storm, setting a single-game record of more than $131,000 won and taking home more than $2.4 million in total. Holzhauer shared his strategy to prep for the show: He read children’s books he got from the public library. His 32-game winning streak ended June 3. As a children’s book […]
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Maine Voices: Expectations of men are changing, so where do we go from here?
Opening up to the one closest to us is difficult but can also lead to healing.
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Maine Voices: Five ideas for the new UMaine System chancellor
The relationship between the system’s flagship campus in Orono and its other six campuses has never been resolved.
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Mavis Longfellow: My father’s courage in hard times
Whenever I think of my father, I remember first his strong work ethic, which stands out in his remarkable character. The man worked from dawn to dark his whole adult life, except on Sunday. He worked alone mostly, the exceptions involving my mother nervously driving the tractor while he manned the accompanying rig, or vice […]
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The Maine Millennial: Breaking news at the Macaroni Grill
A Father’s Day dinner turns out to be the occasion of a big revelation.
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Bill Nemitz: Life was always tough, but she proved tougher
Think kids have it too easy these days? This one didn’t.
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Jim Fossel: Republicans should stop fighting referendum process
Now that they are out of power, they would be wise to use the tools available to political minorities.
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Maine Voices: Known for speaking out early and often, boomers can’t afford to be quiet now
Let’s join forces and explore what should be done to fight age discrimination and how to go about doing it.
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Commentary: Despite Trump, renewable energy capacity now exceeds coal’s
You probably didn’t notice, but April marked a threshold for the nation. For the first time, our capacity for creating electricity from renewable sources crept past that for coal. Yes, that’s a good thing. Not good enough, mind you, to save us from the worst effects of climate change from global warming, but it’s further […]