Maine Opinion
Read community perspectives, editorials, letters to the editor, and guest columns from Maine News Now.
Campaign finance reform needs to be our top priority | Opinion
Maine’s energy goals depend on a regulatory process people can trust | Opinion
Memories of Bowdoin’s Searles Hall remind me that physics is about the future | Opinion
Troy Jackson’s sound bites won’t be enough | Opinion
High school golf rankings gave players a new perspective this season
Maine cannot afford to lose Susan Collins’ bipartisan voice in Washington | Opinion
Weak NECEC conservation plan deserves the pushback | Opinion
Susan Collins has put too many lives at risk | Opinion
Susan Collins says she supports women. We saw otherwise. | Opinion
Even retirees deserve a day off once in a while | Opinion
What Maine’s next generation of farms needs to succeed | Opinion
Online safety warnings shouldn’t scare older Mainers offline | Opinion
Why I’m out canvassing for Troy Jackson | Opinion
How Maine’s schools need to be approaching AI | Opinion
Editorial cartoon on write-in voting was misleading | Letter
Calling for sanity from my sickbed in Maine | Opinion
What scares me about real estate in Maine right now | Opinion
How to take advantage of the campaign spending bonanza | Opinion
Genocide charges don’t match the reality in Gaza | Opinion
Troy Jackson says Mainers feel broke. His energy record helps explain why. | Opinion
For the love of the Hearts of Pine! | Opinion
Maine needs a senator who has energy, grit | Opinion
The times they are a changin’ — and so is the tune in our Portland synagogue | Opinion
Portland’s mayor must fight addiction crisis with the utmost decency | Opinion
Augusta’s stalemate over consumer data privacy leaves Mainers exposed | Opinion
Maine’s public universities should not be mere assembly lines | Opinion
No, voting is not a waste of time | Opinion
Maine must not take watery school rankings at face value | Opinion
MDOT seeks opinions for study of traffic issues west of Portland
The ghosts of Kent State are still haunting us today | Opinion
A beautiful and devastating show of humanity on Tumbledown Mountain | Opinion
Western civilization is dying and Europeans don’t seem to care | Opinion
Everyone should be concerned by ICE agents’ brutality | Opinion
It’s time we embraced trickle-up economics | Opinion
Scarborough should be digging in on local ICE facility | Opinion
Beware the slow forgetting of Sept. 11 | Opinion
America’s public lands are more than development acreage | Opinion
Peek behind the curtain of Susan Collins’ TV ad blitz | Opinion
The best op-eds make us question ourselves | Opinion
I’m Bobby Charles’ sister. I’m voting for Hannah Pingree. | Opinion
‘Credits for Conversions’ could be the new ‘Cash for Clunkers’ | Opinion
After Lowe’s Failed to Get His Case Thrown Out, Its Lawyers Turn Their Attention to the Man Suing Them
Corruption in high places continues to plague America | Opinion
Maine needs candidates who will reverse the decline of organized labor | Opinion
What Maine’s workers deserve this Labor Day | Opinion
Susan Collins has scant claim to ‘County roots’ | Opinion
Maine shark sightings remind us to move with the times | Opinion
The time has come to popularly elect Maine’s top officials | Opinion
Relocating Portland Station will transform passenger rail in Maine | Opinion
Get your fix at Portland’s repair café | Opinion
Maine has never seen Canada as a target | Opinion
Sen. Collins must oppose SAVE America Act | Opinion
What Maine’s combat veterans taught me about the Odyssey | Opinion
To be AI-ready, Maine must address the question of ownership | Opinion
The time for talking about healthcare costs has long passed | Opinion
I’m a lifelong Democrat and I want Susan Collins reelected | Opinion
New school year brings an opportunity to build on Maine’s strong childhood vaccination record | Opinion
We can’t give up on reading — or its role in our democracy | Opinion
Make Maine walkable again | Opinion
A decade of progress, a future worth protecting | Opinion
The suburban trap: Why Troy Jackson’s path to victory runs through Scarborough, not Allagash | Opinion
‘Pay as you go’ in South Portland shouldn’t stop with trash collection | Opinion
An opportunity for leadership on the Scarborough ICE facility | Opinion
Americans are coming to terms with a future being taken from them | Opinion
‘Walking America Couple’ stops in Lewiston during 12,000-mile trek to promote ‘healthier perspectives’
Troy Jackson has earned our trust | Opinion
Have a seat, JD, you may be waiting a while | Opinion
Washington Post ordered to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah after being terminated over Charlie Kirk posts
A Platner write-in candidacy would be about people, not politics | Opinion
Maine patients should not have to wait 12 years for an ME/CFS diagnosis — like I did | Opinion
Jail deaths go way beyond just the dimensions of a cell | Opinion
Why are Muslims trusted to serve but questioned when they lead? | Opinion
It’s time for Maine to rein in support for harness racing | Opinion
Does Troy Jackson stand a chance against Susan Collins? | Opinion
The economic engine behind the Sea Dogs’ success | Opinion
Thank you, Susan Collins, now hit the road | Opinion
Insurance companies need to stay out of provider-patient relationship | Opinion
It’s the tax code, stupid! | Opinion
Genocide canard is a smokescreen for antisemitism | Opinion
Beware the campaign of ‘Lobby Bobby’ Charles | Opinion
Portland must prioritize search for warming shelter site | Opinion
Maine’s Jewish leadership elects to turn a blind eye | Opinion
Salad season shouldn’t come with a warning label | Opinion
Maine needs a statewide maternity care strategy now | Opinion
ICE must answer for July killings in Houston and Maine | Editorial
Laughter is a tonic for our times | Opinion
Maine Jewish group’s call for peace fell short | Opinion
Maine Democrats pulled it off in Bangor | Opinion
Maine should cherish its immigrants | Opinion
Time to free doctors from prior authorization | Opinion
Odysseus returns to Maine at last | Opinion
How do we explain ICE to our children? | Opinion
We must do better for Maine’s homeless population | Opinion
Close Lincoln County birthing center, jeopardize the health of young families | Opinion
Nuclear power hasn’t proven its worth | Opinion
Millionaire tax is good for Maine businesses, good for Maine | Opinion
Unearthed video exposes El-Sayed's opinion on driver's licenses for illegal immigrants
What credit card swipe fees cost Maine | Opinion
On the essential distinction between news and views | Opinion
Maine preschoolers should do the math | Opinion
How to preserve a democracy in crisis (it’s simple) | Opinion
This is what democracy looks like to Maine Democrats? | Opinion
Cause for hope in the face of climate change | Opinion
In praise of all the worlds on stage in a small Maine town | Opinion
While Maine Democrats fell apart, Republicans got to work | Opinion
Washington Post opinion editor to exit paper after just one year, staff completely 'blindsided'
Slogans do nothing to promote peace in the Middle East | Opinion
Susan Collins still isn’t listening to women | Opinion
Bari Weiss poaches conservative NY Times columnist, others join '60 Minutes' in CBS program shakeup
Progressives, Democrats need to start listening to American Jews | Opinion
Summer is the perfect time to teach kids about money | Opinion
Hospice care helps patients stay connected to themselves | Opinion
How do Mainers love heat pumps? Let me count the ways … | Opinion
Dave Portnoy blasts USA Today columnist for claiming Caitlin Clark’s referee complaints fuel racism
MaineHealth must cancel its contract with Palantir | Opinion
Democrats must reflect carefully on Platner saga | Opinion
Maine’s medical, journalistic and political silence on Gaza is shameful | Opinion
Maine’s aging water systems face a growing funding gap | Opinion
When it came to Platner, Republican hypocrisy was off the charts | Opinion
Maine’s birthing center crisis requires urgency, transparency | Opinion
You can’t understand schools without understanding society | Opinion
Non-judgmental tolerance, vaunted by liberals, is not a virtue | Opinion
Good riddance, Graham | Opinion
Portland’s trapped gull was a metaphor for our times | Opinion
America is at a crossroads. Maine must choose a road. | Opinion
Graham Platner must withdraw now | Opinion
Platner mess gives Maine a chance to reset | Opinion
Remember Maine’s ‘river patriots’ | Opinion
Proposed federal rule threatens far more than scientific research | Opinion
A 1774 meeting on Portland’s ‘Great Hill’ should inform America’s struggle today | Opinion
Fisheries managers must stop delaying and protect Maine’s river herring | Opinion
Rural Maine’s healthcare crisis cannot wait until November | Opinion
A cry for help as America turns 250 | Opinion
Distressed by opinion editors’ omission | Letter
Increase workforce housing in Maine, support community schools | Opinion
The time for property tax reform in Maine is now | Opinion
Mainers are once again on America’s flank | Opinion
My chosen home: A love letter to my fellow Mainers | Opinion
Susan Collins is uniquely responsible for the fall of Roe | Opinion
Don’t we all have a Toy Story to share? | Opinion
Maine’s towns and cities need the arts more than ever | Opinion
Maine must mend one crack in semi-open primaries | Opinion
Ranked-choice voting in Maine has been a roaring success | Opinion
Susan Collins’ true value in Maine is on the ground | Opinion
Greed alone is not responsible for high prices | Opinion
Distressing lack of leadership from UMaine at Augusta, UMaine System | Opinion
I’m exhausted by the Platner Press Herald | Opinion
Us regular folk cannot relate to today’s robber barons | Opinion
If we’re to support the youth, we’re supporting Platner | Opinion
Paying homage to my dad, his mystery and his simplicity | Opinion
An affordable starter home in Maine? The math shows it’s a myth. | Opinion
Nuclear energy in New England, once unthinkable, now indispensable | Opinion
AI license plate readers have no place in Maine | Opinion
A love letter to Portland’s Amanda C. Rowe Elementary School | Opinion
A ‘third place’ for Bayside residents would be a revitalizing force | Opinion
Protect the lands around western Maine’s Wild River | Opinion
MainePERS needs to divest from fossil fuels. Now. | Opinion
Calling on Sen. Collins to protect grant funding for survivors of domestic abuse | Opinion
The constitutional amendment we need most | Opinion
When it comes to dignity and fairness, we could take a leaf from Harriet Beecher Stowe | Opinion
Census data reflects Portland attitudes changed for the better | Opinion
Give yourself a $10,000 raise! Take the bus in Portland. | Opinion
Developer’s proposed power facility is a bad idea for Portland | Opinion
