President Joe Biden has been objectively good for business, especially relative to the risk of the chaos that would follow Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Yet it’s no secret that the relationship between Biden and the business community has been poor. The presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris offers Democrats the chance for a […]
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Opinion: Community engagement is essential for young learners
The Maine Legislature has shown leadership in setting a goal of universal public preschool. The success of this undertaking will depend on more than just the blessing of officials in Augusta.
Commentary: Extreme heat is making our mental health worse
On July 22, planet Earth achieved a terrifying milestone: Global temperatures reached their highest level in recorded history, breaking a record set just one day before. This year is expected to be the hottest in centuries. Heat waves are hotter, longer and more frequent than they were in the 1960s. By now, most of us […]
Commentary: The Olympics promise to be socially responsible. How’s that working out?
Olympic host cities make promises that are all but impossible to keep, and in recent years, the organizers’ wishful thinking about housing and neighborhood redevelopment has been one of the cruelest Olympic disappointments. With the 2024 Paris Games, we are seeing it all over again — displacement, gentrification and the unhoused “voluntarily” lured elsewhere with […]
Hilary Koch: ‘We rise together, or we fall apart’
True to his colors, Trump immediately backtracked on his words of unity. Can Kamala Harris offer the leadership the country needs?
Healthy Lakes: Green lake? Maine has a blueprint for that
Hundreds of lakes in Maine are connected to each other. This is the story of two connected lakes. Lake A is the upstream lake, Lake B the downstream one. No need to name them as the problem addressed is statewide. The two lakes are in one of the four counties I tow my boat to […]
Douglas Rooks: A presidential race turned upside down
Joe Biden’s departure as president will be every bit as mysterious as his ascension. In March 2020, Biden was running fourth or fifth among Democrats. Then, as the pandemic was sweeping the world, he won in South Carolina and soared into a lead he never relinquished, beating the incumbent soundly, who nevertheless refused to go […]