Lisa Miller: Making sense of tragic police shootings

With a report released in January, Maine took a step toward answering key questions when law enforcement takes a life.

Timothy L. O’Brien: Trump can take a victory lap, but it’s a partial one

Maine Compass: We all should work to light the literacy flame, and keep it burning

Jim Fossel: Demand transparency from all political organizations

We need more information to properly assess their message.

The Maine Millenial: We are all #UglyDogs

The internet is not always a scary and dark place.

Alan Caron: Helping the economy and the climate

Maine needs to adapt to the changes in energy that are coming.

Maine Voices: We all should work to light the literacy flame, and keep it burning

Encourage those who struggle with reading, and foster the love of books in your own home as well.

Maine Compass: Let our son’s overdose death be a lesson

Will Gates was a competitive skier and top student, but that wasn't enough to save him.

Maine Voices: College prep focus drove democratic ideal from our schools

U.S. schools must place more importance on that ideal – that each student has dignity and worth – than on college placement.

Maine Compass: Mandating private, public insurance coverage of abortion doesn’t accord with Maine values

L.D. 820 would end more lives at a time when our state’s leaders should be focused on saving them.