Maine Voices: The hazards to a military recruit’s health are the enemies they can’t see

The military suicide epidemic underscores the need to rein in ever-expanding operations that are killing innocent civilians and causing PTSD among stressed and overextended U.S. forces.

Our View: To invest in immigrant pupils is to invest in the future

A big effort by Maine schools to accommodate English language learners will have a big return for their communities.

Commentary: Maine’s business leaders must be mindful of back-to-school pressures

September is a challenging month for parents of school-age children. Employers would do well to take that into account.

Douglas Rooks: The stark contrast in style of two young Maine Democrats

Commentary: Maine is not ready for an electric vehicle mandate

When choice is stripped from individuals, free people and free markets lose.

Commentary: Whale entanglement is a real problem, one Mainers can help solve

How long before one of the few right whales remaining turns up in Maine fishing gear? Let's not wait and see.

Commentary: For parents, August is the Sunday of the year. I’m leaning in.

Braced for the onslaught of school and after-school scheduling, I’m reminding myself that I’ll look back on this daily grind someday and miss it.

Maine Voices: Despite centuries of education fads, good schooling always starts with good teachers

No substitute exists for the simple, clear eloquence and mentoring of the relationship between a student and an educator.

Commentary: No matter what fossil fuel industry says, time for offshore wind is now

Wind in the Gulf of Maine is a resource we can sustainably farm for a long time to come – don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.

Jim Fossel: Both GOP and RNC must be firm with Trump

Letting him shirk the pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee – whoever it may be – should not be an option.