Editorials:

Keep science in the science class...and politics out of it
It looks like Athens School Board Director Matthew Linkletter doesn't get Darwin's theory of evolution.

Columns:

BY DAVID B. OFFER : Offer's advice: How to keep graduates from squirming
Several months friends gave me a new edition of "Lend me Your Ears, Great Speeches in History," selected and introduced by William Safire.

Letters to the Editor:

Never any attempt to bar Augusta people's veto
Before any misunderstanding develops -- I know no member of the Augusta City Charter Commission who favors the abridgement of citizens' referendum rights through the petition initiative.

Where's the fairness in tax stimulus payments?
Does it make sense to give those making "well above" the poverty income level $600 for a single person and $1,200 for a married couple? The only fair part is $300 for each child for both parties. Of course I'm talking about the "stimulus package."

Unlike McCain, Ron Paul will bring troops home
It is unfortunate that your coverage of the recent 1st District forum did not include the comments of recent combat veterans running for congressional office.

PREVIOUS WEEK'S OPINIONS

See Morning Sentinel opinions

OPINIONS SPECIAL PROJECTS HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Not Thoreau. 150 years ago he ventured into Maine's woods. The high drama of the nature Thoreau encountered made its way into the equally dramatic prose of his book, “The Maine Woods.” We mark the 150th anniversary of Thoreau’s 1857 trip as well as the legacy of this transcendentalist, nature lover and, as author Ted Williams writes, contrarian who loved Maine in its wildest and most rugged incarnations. For more, click here.

SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger Series
"For I was hungry," a seven-part editorial series, documents the depth and breadth of hunger in Maine, from the dramatic increase in food pantries to the thousands of children who come to school hungry to the elderly with bare cupboards. For more, click here.

CHANGING OUR OPINION PAGES
You've asked for a greater range of opinions. More voices from the full political spectrum. More local voices. More space for more Reader Opinions. We've heard you.
Click here to learn about our new lineup.